Marche

See also: marche and marché

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian Marche.

Proper noun

Marche

2. An administrative region in central Italy.

   Synonym: the Marches

Meronyms

• Ancona
• Ascoli Piceno
• Fermo
• Macerata
• Pesaro e Urbino

 

Translations

region of central Italy

• Bulgarian: Ма́рке (Márke)
• Catalan: Marques
• French: Marches (fr) f pl
• Friulian: Marcjis f pl
• Georgian: მარკე (marḳe)
• Greek: Μάρκε n pl (Márke)
• Italian: Marche (it) f pl
• Japanese: マルケ州 (マルケしゅう, Maruke shū), マルケ (Maruke)
• Polish: Marchia (pl) f
• Sicilian: Marchi pl
• Spanish: Marcas f pl
• Thai: มาร์เค (maa-kee)

See also

• (administrative regions of Italy) regions of Italy; Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Sardinia, Sicily, Trentino-Alto Adige, Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto ^{(Category: en:Administrative regions of Italy)}

Etymology 2

See March.

Proper noun

Marche

1. Obsolete spelling of March.

Anagrams

• charme, macher

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁʃ/

Proper noun

Marche f

1. Marche (a department of France)

Anagrams

• charme, charmé
• mâcher

Italian

Etymology

From marche (“marches (border areas)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ke/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arke
• Hyphenation: Màr‧che

Proper noun

le Marche f pl (plural only)

1. Marche (an administrative region in central Italy)

Descendants

• → Dutch: Marken (calque)

See also

• (administrative regions of Italy) regioni d'Italia; Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte, Puglia, Sardegna, Sicilia, Toscana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto ^{(Category: it:Administrative regions of Italy)}

Anagrams

• charme

Middle English

Proper noun

Marche

1. Alternative form of March