Maroon

Verb

 * 1) To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.

Noun

 * 1) An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
 * 2) A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

Adjective

 * 1) Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

Derived terms

 * marooner

Noun

 * 1) A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

Adjective

 * 1) Of a maroon color

Noun

 * 1)  A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat.

Thesaurus
Titian, Titian-red, abandon, back out, beg off, bivouac, bricky, cardinal, carmine, carnation, carnelian, cast away, cerise, cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, crimson, cry off, damask, depart from, desert, discard, drop out, encamp, evacuate, ferruginous, fiery, fire-red, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming, forsake, glowing, go back on, gules, hot, incarmined, inflamed, infrared, iron-red, isolate, jettison, jilt, lake-colored, laky, lateritious, leave, leave behind, leave flat, lobster-red, lurid, port-wine, puce, pull out, quit, quit cold, red, red-dyed, red-looking, reddened, reddish, reddish-amber, reddish-brown, renege, rubicund, rubiginous, rubric, rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddy, rufescent, rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty, say goodbye to, scarlet, seclude, stammel, stand down, strand, take leave of, tent, throw over, tile-red, vacate, vermilion, vinaceous, warm, wine, wine-colored, wine-red, withdraw

Etymology 1
Derived from the American-Spanish cimarrón, meaning “fugitive,” “wild”, “untamed”.

Pronunciation

 * /m@"ru:n/, /m@"r@Un/

Noun

 * French: nègre marron, nègresse marron , nègre libre , nègresse libre

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 * Spanish: esclavo cimarrón
 * Italian: {{t+|it|naufrago}}

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Noun

 * Chinese: 栗色
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: punaruskea
 * French: marron pourpré, bordeaux
 * German: Kastanienbraun
 * Greek:
 * Modern καστανέρυθρο (kastanerythro or kastanerithro)
 * Katharevousa: καστανέρυθρον (kastanerythron or kastanerithron)


 * Icelandic: rauðbrúnn, dumbrauður
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: くり色 (くりいろ, kuriiro)
 * Korean: 밤색 (bamsaeg, -k)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:

Adjective

 * Finnish: punaruskea
 * French: marron pourpré, bordeaux
 * German:
 * Icelandic: rauðbrúnn, dumbrauður


 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: くり色の (くりいろの, kuriiro no)
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * romano