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English word maroon comes from Taino simaran

simaran (Taino)

cimarrón (Spanish)

(Latin America, of animals) feral (having returned to the wild). (Latin America, of people) rural; campestral. (Latin America, of plants) of a wild cultivar.

marron (French)

Illicit, crooked (of professions). That has become wild again (used of a slave or animal who has returned to a free or wild state) (informal) head. (informal) punch (with the fist). (pyrotechnics) firecracker (on a rocket). A token used as a control of the presence of someone at his post. Chestnut. Chestnut brown. Horse-chestnut (France) brown Maroon (a slave or animal who has run away to [...]

maroon (English)

A dark red, somewhat brownish, color. Of a maroon color.

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