Marina

Marina

A marina is a dock or area of water with piers and moorings for securing and parking yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina is not designed to handle large passenger ships or freighters, and is often for leisure boating activities such as yachting, sailing and boat tours.

Marina

Proper noun

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – false prairie clovers, of southern North America.

Proper noun

1. A female given name from Latin.
2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Марина (Marina).