maroon

Etymology 1
From, from ; see that entry for more.

Noun

 * 1) An escaped black of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
 * 2) A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
 * 1) A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
 * 1) A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: марон
 * Dutch:, , bosnegerin, , boslandcreoolse
 * French:, , nègre marron, négresse marronne, nègre libre, négresse libre, Bushinengué
 * German: Maroon, Maroon-Männer, Maroon-Frauen
 * Hungarian: szökevény rabszolga
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: маро́н
 * Spanish: esclavo cimarrón, esclava cimarrona, quilombola
 * Sranan Tongo: maron, busnengre, lowenengre
 * Wayana: meikolo


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:, verstotene
 * German: Ausgesetzter, Ausgesetzte,, , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: person

Adjective

 * 1) Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

Translations

 * Dutch: marron-, boslandcreools
 * French:
 * German: Maroon-, der Maroons

Verb

 * 1) To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * German:, , von der Außenwelt abschneiden
 * Hungarian:, lakatlan szigetre kitesz
 * Italian:, ,
 * Maori: whakamahue
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: tvrdnúť
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology 2
, from. Compare Spanish.

Noun

 * 1) A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

Translations

 * Arabic: كَسْتَنَائِيّ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: maron
 * Finnish:
 * French: marron pourpré,
 * Galician: ruzo, burel
 * Georgian: წაბლისფერი
 * German: Rotbaun;  Kastanienbraun;  Weinrot,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: महरून, मैरून
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: rauðbrúnn, dumbrauður
 * Indonesian: maron
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian: kaštoninė
 * Macedonian: бордо
 * Malay: jahang, merah tua
 * Mongolian: элгэн хүрэн өнгө
 * Navajo: diłhiłgo łichííʼ
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, , , burdeos
 * Swedish: ,
 * Vietnamese: nâu hạt dẻ

Adjective

 * 1) Of a maroon color

Translations

 * Afrikaans: bruinrooi
 * Bulgarian: кестеняв
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: marron pourpré,
 * Galician:, moretado, fouveiro,
 * Georgian: წაბლისფერი
 * German: ;  ;  ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: महरून, मैरून
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: rauðbrúnn, dumbrauður
 * Indonesian: merah marun
 * Italian: granate, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese: abang marun
 * Lithuanian: kaštoninė
 * Malagasy: volontsokola
 * Maltese:
 * Mongolian: элгэн хүрэн
 * Navajo: diłhiłgo łichííʼ
 * Persian:
 * Polish: kasztanowa, barwa kasztanowa
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: nâu hạt dẻ, nâu sẫm

Etymology 3
. Possibly related to the sense “castaway” (etymology 1), or owing to the fact that the color of a fired flare was commonly red (etymology 2).

Noun

 * 1)  A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (for example, to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).

Etymology 4
From an intentional mispronunciation of the word used by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny.

Noun

 * 1)  An idiot; a fool.