maquis

Meaning

Noun

Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub.
The French resistance movement during World War II, or other similar movements elsewhere.

Origin

Borrowed from French maquis, from Corsican machja (related to Italian macchia), ultimately from Latin macula. macula.

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