Maquis initially referred to Maquis shrubland, a Mediterranean shrubland biome, and came to be associated with the armed resistance groups which hid in the terrain covered with that scrub growth.
Resistance groups
- Maquis (World War II), predominantly rural guerrilla bands of the French and Belgian Resistance
- Spanish Maquis, guerrillas who fought against Francoist Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War
- The network of rural bases operated by the Communist Party of Kampuchea prior to the Cambodian Civil War
- Maquis (Star Trek), fictional resistance movement in the Star Trek universe
- "The Maquis" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), television episode that introduced the group
Other uses
- Maquis shrubland, a Mediterranean shrubland biome known as macchia in Italian
- Aristotelia chilensis, a bush in southern Chile, locally known as maqui
- Maquis (pigeon), a pigeon that received the Dickin Medal for service during the Second World War
- A particular type of outdoor restaurant in the Ivory Coast, providing local food, are known as Maquis
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Maquis
- Maki (disambiguation)
- Maqui (disambiguation)
- Marquis (disambiguation)
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