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. (obsolete) Synonym of Snickers

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

• marathon

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) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ra.tʰoːn/, [ˈmärät̪ʰoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ra.ton/, [ˈmäːrät̪on]

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