Marathon

Marathon has multiple meanings

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• Marathon (sport), an athletic event
• Marathon, Greece (and the Battle of Marathon), after which the sport was named
• Other places with the name
• in the United States
• Marathon (village), New York
• Marathon (town), New York
• Marathon, Texas
• Marathon, Florida
• Marathon, Ontario in Canada
• Until 1990, the name in the United Kingdom for a Snickers bar
• Marathon bar (unrelated to the candy above) is a candy that was available in the US from 1973-1982.
• Marathon (computer game) a computer game
• Marathon (film), a Korean film
• Marathon Oil Corporation, an oil corporation
• Marathon Petroleum Company, a subsidiary of the above, formed by the former Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC
• The Greek word (μάραθον) for fennel
• A television marathon where a number of episodes of a television series, or movies linked by a theme, are broadcast back to back. For example a station might have a Star Trek marathon or Robert De Niro marathon.
• Marathon Animation, a TV production company who created the animated series Totally Spies.