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[fflo]

 

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[fflo.livejournal.com]

But it is one of those islands in the middle of the ocean, so your raised eyebrow has a point. Saipan. A Northern Mariana. Tho I wrote Marinara at first. Would be pretty fun if marinara sauce were named after some islands in the Pacific.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I'm told that Valles Marineris, the big canyon on Mars, was named for the Mariner 9 spacecraft that discovered it. Then some linguist came along and pointed out that it didn't mean "Mariner valley" but "marinated valley."

[fflo.livejournal.com]

That's funny. I'da been betting on just the "mar" = sea thing that gave mariners their name to begin with. So that's sorta close.