(historical) Any of several city-states of Italy and Dalmatia which established colonies and trading posts across the Mediterranean and the Black Sea during the Middle Ages.

(obsolete) maritime

A loan secured by bottomry or respondentia bonds.

plural of maritime loan

(economics) The process whereby the coastline of a country comes to play an important part in its economy.

A department of Normandy, France.

plural of maritime republic

plural of maritime earwig

A species of earwig, Anisolabis maritima, found near the shoreline.

An specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulation shipping.