As a placename:
- In geography:
- --- Mare is an atoll in the Loyalty Islands; see Mare (island) .
- --- a compound of various Romanian city names, e.g. Satu Mare , Baia Mare
- ---''Mare'' means '' Sea '' in Latin , Romanian and Italian , where it enters as a component in balnear place names, e.g. Ortona Mare
- --- Pissing Mare Falls in Newfoundland
- In astronomy, the term is used for large features on planets, moons, etc. that ''look'' like a sea, even if no liquid is believed to have occurred on that celestial body.
- ---In particular, a Lunar Mare is an ancient Basalt ic Lava floodplain on Earth's Moon , usually inside an impact basin.
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