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==Name==

'''Mark''' may refer to:

The name originates partly from [[Latin language|Latin]], meaning martial. From a Roman clan name (Marcius) and first name (Marcus) that are both believed to be related to Mars, the god of war. A similar form is Marcellus, or "little Mark", which gives names such as the French Marcel and the Italian Marcello. Symbolic meaning of the word can also be derived from ancient contexts.

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==In the Bible==

In [[Biblical]] times, the Greek [[Tau]] cross was put on men to distinguish those who lamented sin, and newer versions of the Bible have replaced the ancient term “Tau” with “mark” ([[Ezekiel]] 9:4). Resonating with this, the Hebrew form of the word Tau is pronounced tov, which means "marking." Tau ("Mark") was also considered a symbol for [[life]] and/or [[resurrection]], whereas the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet, [[theta]], was considered the symbol of [[death]]. As an aside, many say that these two symbols created today’s plus (+) and minus (-) symbols.

* [[Mark the Evangelist]] (5–68), traditionally ascribed author of the Gospel of Mark

* [[Gospel of Mark]], one of the four canonical gospels and one of the three synoptic gospels

==Currencies==

In the [[New Testament]], the second [[Gospel]] was written by Mark, who apparently had many of the firsthand details from Peter, the leader of the twelve apostles. Mark is said to have traveled to Italy, and the name has always been popular there, especially in Venice, where the famous church of St. Mark is located.

* [[Mark (currency)]], a currency or unit of account in many nations

* [[Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark]], the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

* [[East German mark]], the currency of the German Democratic Republic

* [[Estonian mark]], the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1928

* [[Finnish markka]] ({{langx|sv|finsk mark|links=no}}), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002

* [[Polish mark]] ({{langx|pl|marka polska|links=no}}), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924

===German===

In the thirteenth century, the Venetian Marco Polo visited the court of Kublai Khan and brought back the first accurate description of China. The name was introduced in England about the same time, but it was seldom used until the 1800s, when it was adopted in Britain and the United States. However, the widely known American author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) took his pen name not from Mark but from an expression used by Mississippi riverboat pilots. It dropped from fashion early the 20th century, but then in the 1960s it began a strong revival.

* [[Deutsche Mark]], the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002

* [[German gold mark]], the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914

* [[German Papiermark]], the German currency from 4 August 1914

* [[German rentenmark]], a currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany

* [[Lodz Ghetto mark]], a special currency for Lodz Ghetto

* [[Reichsmark]], the currency in Germany from 1924 until 20 June 1948 in West Germany

==People==

Variations of the name Mark: Marc, Marco, Marcos, Marcus

* [[John Mark]] (died 1st century), assistant accompanying Paul and Barnabas in the Acts of the Apostles

* [[Mark the Evangelist]] (5–68), traditionally ascribed author of the Gospel of Mark

* [[Mark of Cornwall]] ({{floruit|early 6th century}}), king of Kernow

* [[Pope Mark]] (died 336), Pope of the Catholic Church from 18 January to 7 October 336

* [[Mark (rapper)]], Canadian rapper

* [[Mark (given name)]], a male given name, includes a list of notable people with the name

The name meaning is often translated as "Great Warrior", obviously from its Latin meaning of "martial" and its association with the Roman god of war, Mars.

* [[Mark (surname)]], includes a list of notable people with the name

== Places ==

As well as being a popular male name, '''Mark''' is the name of several things of interest:

* [[Mereg]] (also Mark), a village in Sarkal Rural District, in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran

==Biblical=Europe===

* [[Amt Dahme/Mark]] a collective municipality in the district of Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg, Germany

* '''[[Tau]]''' is an ancient, symbolically equivalent meaning for "Mark"

* [[Amt Lindow (Mark)]], a collective municipality in the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin in Brandenburg, Germany

* '''[[Mark the Evangelist]]''' - one of the [[gospel]] writers of the life of [[Jesus]].

* '''[[Gospel of Baruth/Mark]]''', -a town in the gospelTeltow-Fläming district of Mark theBrandenburg, Evangelist.Germany

* [[County of Mark]], a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle

* "'''[[Mark of the Beast]]'''" refers to the forced use of the alleged '''name of the [[Antichrist]]''' or the presumed "[[Number of the Beast (numerology)|Number of the Beast]]" ([[666 (number)|666]]), which it is claimed will be required to be imposed upon all persons as a condition of being able to engage in [[commerce]] as noted in the [[Book of Revelation]] of the Christian [[Bible]].

* [[Friesack|Friesack/Mark]], a town in the Havelland district in Brandenburg, Germany

* [[Mark (Dender)]], a river in Belgium

* [[Mark (Dintel)]], a river in Belgium and the Netherlands

* Mark Hundred, a Västergötland [[list of hundreds of Sweden#List|hundred in Sweden]]

* [[Mark Municipality]], a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwest Sweden

* [[Mark, Somerset]], an English village and civil parish

* [[Mark Lane, London|Mark Lane]], a road in London

===United States===

==Measurement and currency==

* [[Mark, Illinois]], a village in Putnam County, Illinois

* '''[[mark (weight)|Mark]]''' - an archaic [[Europe]]an [[unit of weight]] whose use for precious metal gave rise to the currencies.

* [[Mark, Missouri]], an extinct town in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Missouri

* '''[[Gold mark]]''' - the currency of the [[German Empire]]

* '''[[Deutsche Mark]]''' - the name of the former [[currency]] of [[Germany]], now replaced by the [[euro]].

* '''[[East German mark]]''' or '''Ostmark''' - the name of the former [[currency]] in [[German Democratic Republic]], replaced by the [[Deutsche Mark]] upon that state's unification with the [[West Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]].

* '''[[Estonian mark]]''' — the name of the former [[currency]] in [[Estonia]], replaced by the [[Estonian kroon]] in 1927.

* '''[[Markka]]''' or '''Finnish mark''' - the name of the former [[currency]] in [[Finland]], now replaced by the [[euro]].

* '''[[Mark (money)|Mark]]''' - a former unit of account in England.

* '''[[Convertible Mark]]''' - the currency of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].

* colloquial term widespread in [[Commonwealth English]] for a [[Grade (education)|grade]] awarded to students' work.

==GeographySports==

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* '''[[Marks, Mississippi]]''' - a town in the United States

* Mark, a [[glossary of professional wrestling terms#mark|term used in professional wrestling]] with multiple meanings

* '''[[Mark Municipality]]''' - a municipality in [[Sweden]].

* [[Mark (Australian rules football)]], where a player cleanly catches a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres without anyone else touching it

* '''[[Mark Hundred]]''' - a hundred in Westrogorhia, Sweden

* [[Mark (rugby)]], a play in which a player may catch the ball and take a free-kick at the position of the mark

* A '''''[[Mark (county)|Mark]]''''' or "County" - medieval state in [[Westphalia]], part of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].

* In the [[German language|German]], '''''[[Marches|Mark]]''''' denotes a border area of the Holy Roman empire. See also the [[English language|English]] '''"[[Margravate]]"'''. It was ruled by a ''markgraf'', or "[[Margrave]]". Examples are the [[Altmark]], [[Neumark (region)|Neumark]], and [[Mark Brandenburg]].

* '''Mark''', a river in the [[Netherlands]] and Belgium, see [[Mark (Dintel)]]

* '''Mark''' or '''Marcq''', a village and a river in [[Belgium]], see [[Mark (Dender)]]

==Other==

==Literature and legend==

* [[March (territory)]] (also mark), a medieval European term for any kind of borderland

* '''[[Mark of Cornwall|Mark]]''' is a [[Kingdom of Cornwall|King]] of [[Cornwall]] in [[Arthurian legend]].

* {{code|<mark>...</mark>}}, [[HTML element#mark|an HTML element]] used for highlighting relevant text in a quotation

* '''"The Mark"''' - colloquial name for the fictional land of the Riddermark, [[Rohan]] in [[J. R. R. Tolkien's]] ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. The name was probably taken from the German above.

* Mark, the victim of a [[confidence trick]]

* [[Mark (designation)]], a method of designating a version of a product (often abbreviated "Mk" or "M")

* [[Mark (sign)]], written or imprinted symbol used to indicate some trait of an item, for example, its ownership or maker.

* A mark used in [[Signature#Mark_in_lieu_of_signature|lieu of a signature]] when the signatory is incapable of signing their name.

* [[Mark (dinghy)]], a single-hander class of small sailing dinghy

* [[Mark (unit)]], a medieval weight or mass unit that supplanted the pound weight as a precious metals and coinage weight from the 11th century

* {{USS|Mark|AG-143}}, a vessel of the US Army and the US and Taiwanese navies

* [[Mark and space]], terms used in telecommunications to describe two different signal states of a signal

* [[Glyph]], a purposeful mark in typography

* [[Watermark]], an identifying image in paper that is visible when viewed in transmitted light

* [[High water mark]], a line that represents the maximum rise of a body of water over land

==SlangSee also==

* {{look from}}

* A '''"[[Mark (victim)|mark]]"''' - the slang term for the victim of a [[con game]] or as an intended victim of an [[Assassin|assassination]].

* {{in title}}

* Hence, a [[professional wrestling]] "[[mark (professional wrestling)|mark]]" -- the slang term for a fan who believes what they see is legitimate.

* [[Marked (disambiguation)]]

* When a [[trademark]] is used as a [[brand name]] to identify a product, or a [[service mark]] is used to identify the producer of services, either type is commonly referred to as a '''''mark'''''.

* [[Marc (disambiguation)]]

* [[The Mark (disambiguation)]]

* [[Marker (disambiguation)]]

* [[Marking (disambiguation)]]

* [[Marks (disambiguation)]]

* [[Marque (disambiguation)]]

* [[St. Mark's (disambiguation)]]

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==Surname==

* '''[http://genealogy.wikicities.com/wiki/Category:Marks_Surname Marks]''' is a [[surname]].

==Technology==

* '''[[Mark (computing)]]''' - a delimiter at the beginning or end of a transmission sequence.

* '''[[Mark frequency]]''' - in radio transmission; see [[frequency-shift keying]].

==Sport==

===[[Football]]===

* To '''mark''' in [[football (soccer)|association football]] (or ''soccer'') is to have a player follow an opposing striker or other prominent player, and attempt to prevent them getting control of the ball and/or scoring.

* A [[mark_(Australian_Football) | mark]] in [[Australian Rules Football]] is a "clean" catch from a kick by another player, from either team. For a mark to be ''paid'' the ball must not have touched the ground or another player. A player taking a mark is entitled to a free kick, from behind the point at which the ball was caught.

* In [[Rugby Union]], a player can only ''make the '''mark''''' when they catch a high ball inside their own 22 metre or in-goal area. As they catch the ball they shout ''MARK'' at the top of their voice. If they catch the ball cleanly, the referee will give that player a free-kick on the spot where they caught the ball.

===[[Sailing]]===

* A mark in [[sailing]] is a permanent or temporary [[buoy]] that marks the course in a yacht race. It is illegal for a boat to touch any mark on the racecourse.

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