The navy is the Navy of a country.
Marine is that belonging to or relating to the sea . The concept also refers to the profession of teaching how to navigate, to the man who practices nautical skills and to the set of ships of a nation .
The navy or Navy is the service that is responsible for the defense of a country by sea. It is made up of frigates, corvettes, aircraft carriers and other vessels, plus military and civil personnel and weapons .
The merchant navy , on the other hand, is a fleet of ships used to carry out commercial activities.
The marine guard
In this military field, it must also be emphasized that there are other concepts that also make use of the term that we are now analyzing. In this way, a perfect example of this is the word midshipman , which is used to refer to any student of the naval school who is training for two previous years to obtain the rank of Ensign .
In the same way, there is also another term that is widely used both in this military field and in all those professions that develop in the field of the sea. We are referring to marine league , also known as maritime league . It is a concept that expresses a measurement that is equivalent to 5555.55 meters.
Marine is an adjective that can describe everything linked to the sea: marine fauna, marine life, etc.
a name
Marina is also a feminine name and the name of several places found in different parts of the world. Among the best-known famous people who bear this name is the Serbian artist Marina Abramovic . In the 1970s, she began her professional career that has become a true reference in the field of performance thanks to her shows about the mind and the limits of the body.
In the Valencian Community , in Alicante , are the regions of Marina Alta and Marina Baja .
La Marina (in Elche ), Marina de Cudeyo (in Cantabria ) and Sierra de la Marina (in Catalonia ) are other sites in Spain . Marina del Rey ( California , in the United States ) and Marina ( Split-Dalmatia County , in Croatia ) complete the list of geographical places with this name.
Marina in art and culture
The term marine is also used in different aspects of art and culture . Marine is the pictorial genre that includes portraits linked to the sea. “Marina” is a novel by Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón and an opera by composer Emilio Arrieta .
In the artistic field, it must also be emphasized that there is a song titled “Marina” that has become a classic in musical history. The singer Rocco Granata was the one who sang this composition for the first time in the 1950s, specifically in 1959. However, it would have different versions over time, the most popular of all of them being the one he performed the group Gipsy Kings .
“Marina” , finally, is a telenovela from the Telemundo production company that aired in 2006 and starred Sandra Echeverría and Manolo Cardona .