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Marathon
A marathon is
- an athletic event and the town in Greece (and site of a battle) for which the sport was named;
- the name of a village and a town in New York;
- the name of a place in Ontario;
- an island in the Florida Keys;
- until 1990, the name in the United Kingdom for a Snickers bar;
- a computer game;
- The name of an oil company;
- The Greek word (μάραθον) for fennel;
- a marathon on television is when number of episodes of a television series, or movies linked by a theme, are broadcast back to back. For example a station might have a Star Trek marathon or Robert De Niro marathon.
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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