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[maˈkiː], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the French resistance movement during the German occupation (1940–5)
(e.g: the Maquis used the cave as a hiding place for their weapons)
- dense scrub vegetation consisting of hardy evergreen shrubs and small trees, characteristic of Mediterranean coastal regions
(e.g: the little road connecting the houses went nowhere, dwindling finally into the maquis)
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Origin
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early 19th century (in maquis): from French, ‘brushwood’, from Corsican Italian macchia
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