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Definition of maritime adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

maritime

adjective
 
/ˈmærɪtaɪm/
 
/ˈmærɪtaɪm/
 [only before noun]
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  1. connected with the sea or ships
    • a maritime museum
    • the country’s maritime history
    Topics Transport by waterc2, Geographyc2
  2. (formal) near the sea
    • maritime Antarctica
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin maritimus, from mare ‘sea’.
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