Maroon

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Maroon, marooning, or marooned may refer to:

• Maroon, a dark shade of Red.
• Maroons, runaway slaves in the West Indies, Central America, South America, or North America
• Marooning, the act of leaving someone on a deserted island

In music:

• Maroon, an album by Barenaked Ladies
• Maroon, an album by Muslimgauze
• Maroon, an album by The Webb Brothers
• Maroon 5, a United States pop band
• Maroon, a German band
• The Maroons, former name of Lateef & Chief Xcel, a hip-hop group
• Marooned, a song by Pink Floyd

In sports:

• The Maroons, nickname for Queensland's representative rugby league team
• Montreal Maroons, a professional ice hockey team from 1924 to 1938
• Toledo Maroons, an NFL team from 1922 to 1923
• Kenosha Maroons, an NFL team in 1924
• Pottsville Maroons, an NFL team from 1925 to 1928
• UP Fighting Maroons, the athletic teams of the University of the Philippines
• Chicago Maroons, the athletic teams of the University of Chicago
• Roanoke College Maroons, the athletic teams of Roanoke College
• Moline High School Maroons, the athletic teams of Moline High School
• Champaign Central High School's athletic teams.
• Ridgewood High School (New Jersey)'s athletic teams

In other uses:

• Maroon beret, symbolic headgear worn by airborne forces
• Chicago Maroon, an independent student newspaper of the University of Chicago
• Russell Shoatz, a former Black Liberation Army member, nicknamed "Maroon".
• Maroon, a loud rocket used for signaling
• Marooned, a 1964 novel by Martin Caidin
  • Marooned, a 1969 film starring Gregory Peck and Richard Crenna, based on the novel
• Marooned, an episode of the television show Red Dwarf

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