Back Maroen Afrikaans ماروني (لون) Arabic مارونى (لون) ARZ Tünd qırmızı Azerbaijani توخ قیرمیزی AZB Бураковы колер Byelorussian Maroon English Grenata koloro Esperanto Granate (color) Spanish Kastanpruun Estonian
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The word maroon comes from the French word marron which means "chestnut".
The first recorded use of maroon as a color name in English was in 1789.[1]
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 198; Colour [sic] Sample of Maroon: Page 37 Plate 7 Color Sample L7