Marinos

Marinos is the Spanish plural noun for sailors. It designates people who work at sea and can refer to sailors collectively or to members of a naval force, such as the navy or Marines, depending on context. The term derives from the Latin marinus, meaning sea-related. In Portuguese, the corresponding plural is marinhos; Italian uses marinaio for sailor and marinai for plural, so marinos is not standard in Italian.

A notable use of the term as a proper noun is Yokohama F. Marinos, a Japanese professional football club. The team was founded in 1972 as Nissan Motors FC, adopted the Yokohama F. Marinos name in the 1990s, and, after a merger with Yokohama Flügels in 1999, continued under that name. The choice of “Marinos” in the club’s branding evokes maritime imagery and Yokohama’s port city heritage.

In everyday Spanish-language usage, marinos appears in contexts referring to sailors or naval personnel. Outside Spanish-speaking regions, the word is not commonly used except in names or historical references that borrow the term for cultural or symbolic reasons.