: a dock or basin providing secure moorings for pleasure boats and often offering supply, repair, and other facilities
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Marina comes straight from Latin, where it means simply "of the sea". At a modern marina, sailors can acquire whatever they need for their next excursion, or they can tie up their boats until the next weekend comes along. Some even imitate John D. MacDonald's famous detective hero Travis McGee, who lives on his boat in Miami and rarely leaves the marina.
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While condominiums and apartments seem off the table, multiple county parks already operate the kind of marinas that are at the heart of Integra’s business operations.
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Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Fish on the Lake Fontana Lake has 240 miles of shoreline, so the marina is a popular place in warmer months.
—Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
According to the lawsuit, Burks successfully relocated one of the floating homes from Docktown, a community of houseboats that settled on state property in the Redwood Channel east of Highway 101, to a marina in Sausalito.
—Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Altman bought the property, complete with sweeping views of Kailua Bay, the Pacific Ocean and a private marina, for $43 million in 2021.
—Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Fish on the Lake Fontana Lake has 240 miles of shoreline, so the marina is a popular place in warmer months.
—Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
According to the lawsuit, Burks successfully relocated one of the floating homes from Docktown, a community of houseboats that settled on state property in the Redwood Channel east of Highway 101, to a marina in Sausalito.
—Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Altman bought the property, complete with sweeping views of Kailua Bay, the Pacific Ocean and a private marina, for $43 million in 2021.
—Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Marina.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marina. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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marina
noun
ma·ri·na
mə-ˈrē-nə 
: a dock or basin providing a place to anchor motorboats and yachts
Geographical Definition
Marina
geographical name
Ma·ri·na
mə-ˈrē-nə
city on Monterey Bay in western California population 19,718
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