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[ˈma.ɾiws] · Catalan (Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia)
01 / Meaning & origin
Màrius is a masculine given name documented in Catalan and Occitan. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Marius.
Borrowed from Latin Marius.
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04 / Through time
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Marius— “of Mars”
From Mars again came Marius, the fierce old warrior of terrible memory; but who, in the form of Mario, is supposed by the Italians to be the masculine of Maria, and used accordingly.[54]
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter II (Latin Prænomina), Section III (Marcus) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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