A mare is a female horse.

Mare is the Latin word for “sea”.

Mare may also refer to:

People

;Surname

  • Mare (surname)
  • Walter de la Mare (1873–1956), English poet and writer

;Given name

  • Mare Kandre (1962–2005), Swedish writer of Estonian origin
  • Mare Mikoff (born 1941), Estonian sculptor
  • Mare Tommingas (born 1959), Estonian ballet dancer and choreographer
  • Mare Teichmann (born 1954), Estonian psychologist and academic
  • Mare Vint (1942–2020), Estonian graphic artist
  • Mare Winningham (born 1959), American actress and singer

Places

  • Maré, a commune in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia
  • Maré Island, the second-largest of the Loyalty Islands
  • Maire, Netherlands, also known as Mare, former village in Zeeland, Netherlands
  • Märe, a mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland
  • Maré, Rio de Janeiro, a favela in Rio, Brazil
  • Weston-super-Mare, a town in North Somerset, England
  • Mare', a town in Syria

In Romania

  • Baia Mare, a municipality in Romania
  • Sânnicolau Mare, town in Timiș County, Romania
  • Satu Mare County, is a county (judeţ) in Romania
  • Vânju Mare, a town in Mehedinţi County, Romania
  • Târnava Mare River, a river in Romania
  • Someşul Mare River, a river in Romania

Geography

  • Mare Nostrum, another name for the Mediterranean Sea
  • Kraken Mare, a large body of liquid on Saturn's moon Titan
  • Lunar mare, a basaltic plain on Earth's moon

Music

  • Mare (band), an experimental band on Hydra Head Records
  • "Mare" (Diamá Song), 2014
  • "Mare", a song by Black Eyed Peas from the album The E.N.D.

Other uses

  • Mare (folklore), a being in Germanic folklore
  • Mare's Leg, or Mare's Laig, a pistol first used in the fictional television series Wanted: Dead or Alive
  • Mare (TV series), Japanese television drama
  • Museum of Recent Art (Romania), MARe - acronym for a contemporary art museum in Romania
  • Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet), fictional main character in HBO crime drama Mare of Easttown
  • Mayor Mare (Cathy Weseluck), fictional character in the series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
  • The Mare, a 2015 novel by American author Mary Gaitskill
  • Mare, another name for Thalassa in classical mythology

See also

  • Mares (disambiguation)
  • Mare Island (disambiguation)
  • Satu Mare (disambiguation)
  • Valea Mare (disambiguation)
  • Mayor, a head of a town, district, city, etc.