Marches
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Mar·ches
(mär′chĭz) See Marche2.
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Marches
(ˈmɑːtʃɪz)n
1. (Placename) the border area between England and Wales or Scotland, both characterized by continual feuding (13th–16th centuries)
2. (Placename) a region of central Italy. Capital: Ancona. Pop: 1 484 601 (2003 est). Area: 9692 sq km (3780 sq miles). Italian name: Le Marche
3. (Placename) any of various other border regions
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March•es
(ˈmɑr tʃɪz)n.pl. the,
1. the border districts between England and Scotland or England and Wales.
2. Italian, Le Mar•che (lɛ ˈmɑr kɛ) a region in central Italy on the Adriatic. 1,438,000; 3743 sq. mi. (9695 sq. km).
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| Noun | 1. |  Marches - a region in central Italy Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD |
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marches
plural noun borders, limits, boundaries, confines, frontiers, borderland, marchlands the Welsh marches, forming our border with England
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