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Mare


 
  • In English, a mare (an old Germanic word) is a female horse; the word is also an etymological root of marshall (originally a 'horse servant').
  • In geography:
  • Mare is an atoll in the Loyalty Islands.
  • Mare means sea in both Latin and Italian.
  • In Astronomy, the term is used for large features on planets etc. that look like a sea, even if no liquid is believed to occur on that celestial body. Thus, the Lunar mare is an ancient basaltic lava floodplain on Earth's Moon, usually inside an impact basin.