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Marsiya

Marsiya (مرثیہ) is an Urdu elegiac poetic genre recounting the martyrdom of Imam Husayn at Karbala in 680 CE, brought to its height by Anis and Dabeer in 19th-century Lucknow.

Marsiya of Mir Anis

The Marsiya of Mir Anis (مرثیہِ مرزا انیس) is the body of Urdu elegies by Mir Babbar Ali Anis of Lucknow (1803–1874) on the martyrs of Karbala.

Marsokhod

Marsokhod (Russian for "Mars Walker") is a family of Russian-built six-wheeled rovers for Mars exploration, best known through a test vehicle NASA used in field experiments in the 1990s.

Marsonia

Marsonia (Marsunnia) was a Roman settlement and fort in Pannonia Inferior at modern Slavonski Brod, Croatia, on the Siscia–Sirmium road; first attested by a 71 AD military diploma, garrisoned in late antiquity by the auxilia ascarii.

Marsquake

A marsquake is a seismic event on Mars, caused by faulting, meteorite impacts, or thermal stress, first unambiguously recorded by NASA's InSight lander in 2019.

Marssenger Kitchenware

Marssenger Kitchenware (火星人, Huoxingren) is a Chinese kitchen-appliance maker in Haining, Zhejiang, founded in 2010, known for integrated stoves and listed on ChiNext in 2020.

Marstacimab

Marstacimab (HYMPAVZI, marstacimab-hncq) is Pfizer's anti-TFPI IgG1 monoclonal antibody, approved by the FDA in 2024 and expanded in 2026, for weekly subcutaneous prophylaxis in hemophilia A or B with or without inhibitors.

Marston Morse

Marston Morse (1892–1977) was an American mathematician who created Morse theory, linking a function's critical points to a space's topology, and spent much of his career at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study.

Marston T. Bogert

Marston Taylor Bogert (1868–1954) was an American organic chemist at Columbia University, its first professor of organic chemistry, president of the American Chemical Society, and winner of the Priestley Medal.

Marston's plc

Marston's plc is a British pub company based in Wolverhampton, listed on the London Stock Exchange as MARS, which owns more than 1,300 pubs across England and Wales.

Marsupial

Marsupial (Metatheria): mammals whose tiny young complete development attached to a teat, often in a pouch. Over 330 species, mostly Australian and South American; originated in North America, spread via Antarctica; includes kangaroos, koalas, opossums.

Marsupialization

Marsupialization is a surgical technique that opens a cyst or abscess and sutures its edges to the skin, creating a permanently open pouch that drains it.

Marsupilami

Marsupilami is a fictional yellow, black-spotted animal with an extremely long tail, created in 1951 by Belgian cartoonist André Franquin for the comic magazine Spirou.

Marsy's Law

Marsy's Law, or the Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008 (California Proposition 9), is a model state constitutional amendment granting crime victims enforceable rights; first passed in California in 2008 and adopted in twelve states, named for murder victim Marsy Nicholas.

Marta (footballer)

Marta (Marta Vieira da Silva, born 1986, Dois Riachos, Brazil) is a Brazilian forward, #10 for Orlando Pride; six-time FIFA Women's Player of the Year and all-time World Cup top scorer with 17 goals.

Marta Baldo

Marta Baldó (Marta Baldó Marín), Spanish rhythmic gymnast born 1979 in Villajoyosa; member of Las Niñas de Oro, winners of the first Olympic group all-around gold at Atlanta 1996, and world champion 1995 and 1996.

Marta C. Hatzell

Marta C. Hatzell is an American electrochemical engineer and Woodruff Professor at Georgia Tech whose research on bipolar membrane electrolysis applies to carbon capture, ammonia production, and desalination.

Marta Campillo

Marta Campillo is a partner in the Investment Processes Group of Arrowstreet Capital, a Boston-based quantitative manager of institutional global equity assets, and has held that role since September 1999.

Marta Cienkowska

Marta Cienkowska, born in 1987 in Ciechanów, is a Polish politician of Poland 2050 who became Minister of Culture and National Heritage in 2025, appointed on Donald Tusk's proposal.

Marta Di Forti

Marta Di Forti is an Italian-born psychiatrist at King's College London who showed daily use of high-potency cannabis raises psychosis risk nearly fivefold and leads the UK's first Cannabis Clinic.

Marta Dusseldorp

Marta Dusseldorp (born 1973, Hobart) is an Australian actress and producer known for A Place to Call Home, Janet King, Jack Irish, and Bay of Fires; AACTA and Helpmann winner, founder of Archipelago Productions.

Marta García (racing driver)

Marta García López (Marta Garcia Lopez), Spanish racing driver born 2000 in Denia; inaugural F1 Academy champion 2023 with Prema Racing, ex-W Series and FRECA driver, now racing GT3 with Iron Dames.

Márta Görög

Márta Görög, born 1975, is a Hungarian jurist and politician serving as Minister of Justice since 2026, after serving as Dean of Law at the University of Szeged from 2019.

Marta Imamura

Marta Imamura is a Brazilian physician and researcher in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of São Paulo, elected to the US National Academy of Medicine in 2023.

Márta Károlyi

Márta Károlyi (née Erőss), Hungarian-born Romanian-American gymnastics coach; defected with husband Béla in 1981, coached champions in Houston, and led the U.S. women's national team 2001–2016 from the Karolyi Ranch.

Marta Kauffman

Marta Fran Kauffman (born 1956), American television writer and producer; co-created Friends with David Crane (1994-2004) and Grace and Frankie with Howard J. Morris; founder of Okay Goodnight; Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award recipient.

Marta Kos

Marta Kos is a Slovenian politician and former diplomat who has served as European Commissioner for Enlargement in the von der Leyen II Commission since 2024.

Marta Kostyuk (Марта Олегівна Костюк)

Marta Kostyuk (Марта Костюк), Ukrainian tennis player born 2002 in Kyiv; 2017 Australian Open junior champion, WTA titles at Austin, Rouen, and Madrid 2026, Grand Slam semifinalist at Roland Garros and Wimbledon 2026, career-high No. 10.

Marta Kristen

Marta Kristen (born 1945, Oslo; birth name Birgit Annalisa Rusanen) is a Norwegian-born American actress, distinct from the NWSL soccer player Marta. Best known as Judy Robinson in Lost in Space (1965-1968), adopted from a Norwegian orphanage and raised in Michigan; also Savage Sam, Beach Blanket Bingo.

Marta Lynch

Marta Lynch, full name Marta Lía Frigerio de Lynch (1925 to 1985), was an Argentine novelist and short-story writer whose best sellers examined politics, class, and middle-class women.