Other forms: marinas
A marina is a harbour built for pleasure boats. Berth at the marina, a new marina, marina fees.
It differs from a harbour by purpose: a marina has pontoons, power and water at every berth and no commercial traffic. Berthing charges are by the metre and are the main cost of owning a boat. Note that the Italian and Spanish marina means the shore, from the Latin for the sea.
1nounmarinaA harbour built for pleasure boats.
“Expensive yachts were moored in the marina.”
marina is a harbour.
Italian and Spanish marina mean the shore or seaside, from Latin marinus, of the sea, from mare. Marine and maritime come from the same sea.
Spanish
marina
Italian
marina
Latin
marinus — of the sea, marine
English, today
marina
From Latin marinus (“of the sea, marine”), by way of Italian marina and Spanish marina.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA