Maquis

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈmakiː/, /maˈkiː/

Origin

From French maquis, from Corsican macchia.

Full definition of maquis

Noun

1. Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub. from 19th c.
• 2007, May 27, Alida Becker, Season in the Sun, The older man claims to find a measure of peace in Corsica’s wild landscape, and as Mitchell explores the foothills of maquis, fragrant with “the sharp resinous smell of laurel rose and thyme,” he too succumbs.
2. The French resistance movement during World War II, or other similar movements elsewhere. from 1940s
• 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 75:By this time O.S. membership numbered some 4,500, and many of those who escaped imprisonment either fled abroad or formed the nucleus of a growing maquis in the more inaccessible parts of the country.

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