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Marathon
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Meaning
Noun
●
A 42.195
kilometre
(26
mile
385
yard
)
road
race.
●
In Athletics:
Any
extended
or
sustained
activity.
Verb
●
To
run
a marathon.
●
To
watch
or
read
a large number of
instalments
of (a
film
,
book
, TV
series
, etc.)
in one
sitting.
Name
●
A
town
in Attica, Greece, the
site
of the
victory
in 490 BC of
heavily
outnumbered
Athenians against Persians.
●
A
place name
elsewhere in the world:
A
rural
town
in the Shire of Flinders,
northern
Queensland, Australia.
●
A
place name
elsewhere in the world:
A
town
in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.
●
A
place name
elsewhere in the world:
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
city
in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida.
●
A
place name
elsewhere in the world:
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
minor
city
in Buena Vista County, Iowa.
●
A
place name
elsewhere in the world:
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
township
in Lapeer County, Michigan.
●
A
place name
elsewhere in the world:
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
town
and
village
therein, in Cortland County, New York.
●
A
place name
elsewhere in the world:
A number of
places
in the United States:
An
unincorporated
community
in Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio.
●
A
place name
elsewhere in the world:
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
census-designated place
in Brewster County, Texas.
●
A
place name
elsewhere in the world:
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
town
in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
marathon
English
Μαραθών
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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