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Meanings of maroon in English

Russian
коричнево-малиновый
Spanish
marrón
Wikidata

Brownish-red color.

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        коричнево-малиновый
        Portuguese
        encalhar

        Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue.

              encalhar

              Of dark brownish to purplish red.

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                    Usage of maroon in English
                    1
                    He escaped in a stolen maroon 03 KE registered Ford Focus car.
                    The Irish Times
                    2
                    Then the colors soften and turn into amber and lilac and maroon.
                    The California Birthday Book / Prose and Poetical Selections fro...
                    3
                    She glanced past him to the big maroon automobile at the gate.
                    Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures; Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund
                    4
                    As many as 200 maroon-robed monks were arrested at the gilded shrine.
                    Reuters
                    5
                    Sparky the Sun Devil is maroon and bright yellow, the school colors.
                    The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
                    6
                    A sticky maroon trail led off in the direction of the cafeteria.
                    Cara mia - book one of the immortyl revolution
                    7
                    He wore a long loose cloak of rich material, a deep maroon.
                    Orb Sceptre Throne
                    8
                    He was wearing a light blue shirt and a maroon paisley tie.
                    The Ocean at the End of the Lane
                    9
                    Behind me, practically nosing into my backseat, was a maroon Ford Taurus.
                    Dearly Devoted Dexter
                    10
                    The 35-year-old last featured in maroon in last year's defeat of Cork.
                    The Irish Times
                    11
                    The maroon dart moved tight up against the edge of the platform.
                    Ringworld
                    12
                    Take that newspaper fella up with you - and maroon him there.
                    The thing from another world
                    13
                    As the sun rises he sees maroon and purple clouds massing overhead.
                    Sympathy for the devil
                    14
                    The rushing prairie and the maroon hills as I sped toward Wyoming.
                    Desert places: a novel of terror
                    15
                    They wore woodland DP jackets and maroon berets with parachute regiment badges.
                    Rivers of London
                    16
                    The jungle underneath him was the same discoloured maroon as the sky.
                    The Reality Dysfunction
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                    Translations for maroon
                    Portuguese
                    encalhar
                    Maroon through the time
                    Maroon across language varieties
                    Ireland
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Less common