Marathon

From Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn). Doublet of marathon.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹəθən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹəˌθɑn/, /ˈmɛɹəˌθɑn/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹə(ˌ)θɔn/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɹə(ˌ)θɔn/
• Hyphenation: Mar‧a‧thon

Marathon

1. A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.
2. A place name elsewhere in the world:
   1. A rural town in the Shire of Flinders, northern Queensland, Australia.
   2. A town in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A city in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida.
      2. A minor city in Buena Vista County, Iowa.
      3. A township in Lapeer County, Michigan.
      4. A town and village therein, in Cortland County, New York.
      5. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio.
      6. A census-designated place in Brewster County, Texas.
      7. A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

• Marathon County
• Marathonian

• marathon

Marathon (plural Marathons)

1. Former name of Snickers (“chocolate bar brand”).

Borrowed from French marathon, from Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn), perhaps from μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”), referring to the prevalence of the plant in the area.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁatɔn/, [ˈmaʁatʰɔn]

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Marathon m (strong, genitive Marathons, plural Marathons)

1. (sports or figuratively) marathon

• Marathonlauf
• Marathonläufer

• “Marathon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Marathon (Anstrengung, Strapaze)” in Duden online
• “Marathon (Disziplin, Sport, Lauf)” in Duden online
• “Marathon (Ort, Griechenland)” in Duden online

From Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈma.ra.tʰoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmaː.ra.t̪on]

Marathōn f sg (genitive Marathōnis); third declension

1. Marathon (a town in Greece)

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “Marathon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press