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marais

1

[mah-rey, ma-re]

noun

Gulf States (chiefly Louisiana).

plural

marais 
  1. a swamp or bayou.



Marais

2

[ma-re]

noun

  1. Marin 1656–1728, French viola da gamba player and composer.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of marais1

1785–95; < North American French, French; Old French mareis < Old Low Franconian *marisk; marsh
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Example Sentences

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Morrison was living in the Marais district of Paris when he died suddenly at the age of 27.

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It’s in Paris’ Marais district, once the center of the city’s Jewish life.

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A 2022 study by Professor Eloise Marais from University College London found that rocket soot in the upper atmosphere has a warming effect which is 500 times greater than when released by planes closer to Earth.

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In October, Barker and co-authors Eloise Marais and Jonathan McDowell published a multi-year inventory of air pollutant emissions and CO2 from rocket launches and object re-entries spanning the early growth of the megaconstellation phenomenon from 2020 through 2022.

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Patrick Aboukrat, who owns a fashion boutique in the Marais shopping district, has launched a lawsuit with other members of Comité Marais Paris, the business association he leads, to try to roll back some of the new rules.

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