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1. Marathon
   plain in Attica where the Athenians defeated the Persians in 490 BCE;
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2. marathon
   [Noun] A long race. Usually 26 miles long and run along roads.
   Example: Ella trained for a year to enter the London marathon.
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3. marathon
   [n] - a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards 2. [n] - a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians 3. [n] - any long and arduous undertaking
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4. Marathon
   Licence built version of the Steyr 680M [GR]
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5. marathon
   endurance contest noun any long and arduous undertaking
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6. marathon
   noun a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards
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7. Marathon
   noun a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians
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8. marathon
   long-distance footrace first held at the revival of the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. It commemorates the legendary feat of a Greek soldier who, ... [20 related articles]
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9. Marathon
   Marathon is a cultivated variety of potato.
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10. marathon
    
    • any long and arduous undertaking
    • a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards
    • a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians
    
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11. marathon
    a traditional unit of distance used in athletics. The length of a marathon is exactly 42 195 meters (about half an inch longer than 26 miles 385 yards). Invented for the first modern Olympic Games at Athens in 1896, the marathon recalls a run made in 490 BC by a Greek soldier (possibly Pheidippides)...
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12. Marathon
    Marathon (mâr'uthon) , village and plain, ancient Greece, 20 mi (32 km) NE of Athens. Here the Athenians and Plataeans under Miltiades defeated a Persian army in 490 B.C. (see Persian Wars).
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13. Marathon
    The Handley Page Marathon was a British medium-range feeder-line aircraft of the 1950's. The Marathon failed to impress in its designed role and was converted into advanced navigation trainers for the RAF under the designation Marathon T Mk II. The Marathon was a high-wing cantilever monoplane power...
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14. Marathon
    The Marathon is the longest race to figure in the programme of events for all major athletics championships. The name derives from the story of Phidippides, a Greek soldier, who was ordered to run from the battlefield of
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15. marathon
    Athletics endurance race over 42.195 km/26 mi 385 yd. It was first included in the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. The distance varied until it was standardized in 1924. More recently, races have been opened to wider participation, including social runners as well as those competing at senior le...
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16. Marathon
    26.2 miles; According to legend, in 490 B.C., a Greek soldier name Philippides ran the distance from the site of the battle of Marathon to Athens, where he died after the Greek victory over the Persians.
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17. Marathon
    26.2 miles; 42.2K
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18. Marathon
    (disambiguation) A `marathon` is a distance race of 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards). By extension, in general speech it`s a lengthy, arduous or time-consuming undertaking. `Marathon` may also refer to: Places: In `Canada`: In `Greece`: In the `United States`: Video games: Confectioner...
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19. Marathon
    The `marathon` is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (26 miles and 385 yards),<ref name=IAAF>--> that is usually run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle...
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20. Marathon
    (village) `Marathon` is a village in Cortland County, New York, USA. The population was 1,063 at the 2000 census. The `Village of Marathon` is within the Town of Marathon. History : The village is within the former Central New York Military Tract. The village was incorporated in 1861. Maratho...
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21. Marathon
    (town) `Marathon` is a town in Cortland County, New York, United States. The population was 2,189 at the 2000 census. The `Town of Marathon` contains the village of Marathon. The town is on the south border of the county and is southeast of Cortland. History : Marathon is within the bounds of...
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22. Marathon
    (chocolate bar) `Marathon` was a candy bar consisting of eight inches of braided chocolate and caramel. It was manufactured by Mars Inc and first sold in the United States in August 1973. The bright red packaging contained a ruler with inch markings on the reverse demonstrating that it was as...
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23. Marathon
    (Santana album) --> `Marathon` is the tenth studio album by Santana. This marked the beginning of the group`s commercial slide, in spite of having the Top 40 hit "You Know That I Love You". Alex Ligertwood, who would sing with the group throughout the `80s, joined the group f...
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24. Marathon
    (video game) `Marathon` is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game published and developed by Bungie Software for the Apple Macintosh in late 1994; Bungie later released the entire trilogy for free, and it was ported to Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux through the open-source ...
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25. Marathon
    (television) :Not to be confused with a telethon. In television, a `marathon` is typically the sequential broadcast of a single or a number of related television programs, most notably reflecting a theme. Marathons are usually aired by cable channels and consist of numerous episodes of...
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