Maroon
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The word Maroon can have the following meanings:
- Maroon (color), a mixture composed of brown and purple.
- Maroon (people), runaway slaves in the Caribbean.
- Marooning, the act of leaving someone on a deserted island.
- Maroon (rocket), a loud rocket used for signaling.
- Chicago Maroon, an independent student newspaper of the University of Chicago.
- Colgate Maroon-News newspaper of Colgate University and the oldest college weekly newspaper in America.
- Saint Maroon
In sports:
- The Queensland Maroons, officially called Queensland State of Origin Team, a representative rugby league team that plays Rugby League State of Origin.
- The Montreal Maroons were a professional ice hockey team, in existence from 1924 to 1938.
- The Toledo Maroons were a National Football League team, in existence from 1922 to 1923.
- The Kenosha Maroons were a National Football League team, in existence in 1924.
- The Fighting Maroons, the athletic teams of the University of the Philippines.
- The Chicago Maroons, the athletic teams of the University of Chicago.
- The Maroons, all the athletic teams of Roanoke College.
In music:
- Maroon (album), a 2000 album by the Barenaked Ladies.
- Maroon (band), a German vegan and straight edge band.
- Maroon 5, a United States pop band.
- "Maroon", the adopted name Russell Shoatz, a former Black Liberation Army member
- Maroons (Hip hop group) from Oakland, California (Lateef & Chief Xcel)
In Art:
- Maroon, Bugs Bunny's civil wording for Moron
