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Definition of ultramarine noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ultramarine

noun

/ˌʌltrəməˈriːn/

/ˌʌltrəməˈriːn/

[uncountable]

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a bright blue colour
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin ultramarinus ‘beyond the sea’; the name of the pigment is from obsolete Italian (azzurro) oltramarino, literally ‘(azure) from overseas’.

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