ultramarine
noun/ˌʌltrəməˈriːn/
/ˌʌltrəməˈriːn/
[uncountable]- a bright blue colourWord 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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