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(mə-rūn') pronunciation
tr.v., -rooned, -roon·ing, -roons.
  1. To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon.
  2. To abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape: The travelers were marooned by the blizzard.
n.
  1. often Maroon
    1. A fugitive Black slave in the West Indies in the 17th and 18th centuries.
    2. A descendant of such a slave.
  2. A person who is marooned, as on an island.

[From French marron, fugitive slave, from American Spanish cimarrón, wild, runaway, perhaps from cima, summit (from runaways' fleeing to the mountains), from Latin cȳma, sprout. See cyma.]


ma·roon2 (mə-rūn') pronunciation
n.
A dark reddish brown to dark purplish red.

[French marron, chestnut, from Italian marrone.]


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Definition: abandon
Antonyms: care, help, maintain, rescue, save, take care

v. often be marooned leave (someone) trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place, especially an island.

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maroon, term for a fugitive slave in the 17th and 18th cent. in the West Indies and Guiana, or for a descendant of such slaves. They were called marron by the French and cimarrón by the Spanish. Formerly much used in the West Indies and South America, the term later came to be used with particular reference to certain blacks living in W Jamaica. The maroons fled when the British began their conquest of the island from the Spanish in 1655 and maintained a hostile independence until 1739, when a treaty granting them lands of their own and virtual independence was concluded.

Bibliography

See studies by C. Robinson (1969) and R. Price (1976, 1979).


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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - rødbrunt, kastanjebrunt
n. - rødbrun, kastanjebrun

2.
v. tr. - efterlade på et øde sted

Nederlands (Dutch)
(op een onbewoond eiland) achterlaten, rondhangen, iemand die is achtergelaten, bosneger, ontsnapte zwarte slaaf, afstammeling van ontsnapte slaaf, vuurwerk, donkerrood

Français (French)
1.
adj. - bordeaux
n. - bordeaux, (GB) fusée de détresse

2.
v. tr. - bloquer, isoler, être bloqué, être naufragé

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - kastanienbraun
n. - Kastanienbraun

2.
v. - aussetzen, von der Außenwelt abschneiden

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - καστανέρυθρος
n. - καστανέρυθρη απόχρωση (κν. μαρόν)
v. - εγκαταλείπω αποκλεισμένο ή αβοήθητο

Italiano (Italian)
marrone rossiccio, negro (delle Indie occidentali), petardo, abbandonare nel deserto, campeggiare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - marrom
n. - foguete (m), marrom (m)
v. - acampar, vaguear

Русский (Russian)
темно-бордовый цвет, беглый раб-негр, человек, высаженный на необитаемый остров, высаживать на необитаемый остров, оставить в безвыходном положении, бездельничать

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - castaño, cimarrón
n. - castaño, petardo, cimarrón, persona abandonada en una isla desierta, esclavo, fugitivo

2.
v. tr. - abandonar en una isla desierta, aislar

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - rödbrun
n. - svart västindier, (förr) förrymd slav, strandsatt (person), rödbrun färg, smällare
v. - strandsätta, lämna åt sitt öde

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 放逐到无人岛上, 使孤立, 逃亡黑奴, 孤立无援的人, 被放逐到孤岛的人

2. 褐紫红色, 鞭炮

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 放逐到無人島上, 使孤立
n. - 逃亡黑奴, 孤立無援的人, 被放逐到孤島的人

2.
n. - 褐紫紅色, 鞭炮

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 갈색의
n. - 갈색, 경보용 불꽃

2.
v. tr. - ~를 섬으로 유배 시키다, 고립되게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - くり色の, 栗色の
n. - くり色, 栗色, えび茶, 発煙筒
v. - 孤立させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لون قرمزي (الاسم) مفرقعات تحذيريه (فعل) يهجر, يلقى على ساحل جزيرة مهجورة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ערמוני, חום‬
n. - ‮צאצא עבדים נמלטים באמריקה המרכזית, זיקוק המשמיע קול-נפץ חזק, צבע חום-אדום, אדם שננטש במקום בודד‬
v. tr. - ‮נטש אדם במקום מבודד, בייחוד אי, מנע (מאדם) לעזוב מקום‬


 
 
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