Definition
Long-distance running races of about 26 miles, or any extremely long and exhausting event or activity.
Etymology
Named after Marathon, Greece, site of a famous 490 BCE battle. Legend says a messenger ran 26 miles to Athens to announce victory, then died.
Kelly Says
The Marathon race distance wasn't standardized until 1908 when the London Olympics made it from a stadium to the royal box—the 26-mile distance was literally whatever distance achieved that theatrical effect!
Translations
ARالعربية
مِرَاطُون
mi-ra-toon
BNবাংলা
ম্যারাথন
ma-ra-than
CSČeština
maraton
ma-ra-ton
DADansk
marathon
ma-ra-thon
DEDeutsch
Marathon
ma-ra-thon
ELΕλληνικά
μαραθώνιος
ma-ra-thō-nios
ESEspañol
maratones
ma-ra-to-nes
FISuomi
maraton
ma-ra-ton
FRFrançais
marathons
ma-ra-thons
HIहिन्दी
मैराथन
ma-ira-than
HUMagyar
maraton
ma-ra-ton
IDBahasa Indonesia
maraton
ma-ra-ton
IGIG
mmaraton
m-ma-ra-ton
ITItaliano
maratone
ma-ra-to-ne
MRMR
मॅरॅथॉन
ma-e-ra-than
MSBahasa Melayu
maraton
ma-ra-ton
MYမြန်မာ
မာရာသုံ
ma-ra-su-n
NLNederlands
marathon
ma-ra-thon
NONorsk
maraton
ma-ra-ton
PLPolski
maraton
ma-ra-ton
PTPortuguês
maratonas
ma-ra-to-nas
RORomână
maraton
ma-ra-ton
RUРусский
марафон
ma-ra-fon
SVSvenska
marathon
ma-ra-thon
SWKiswahili
maraton
ma-ra-ton
TAதமிழ்
மராத்தான்
ma-ra-thaan
TEతెలుగు
మారాథాన్
ma-ra-thaan
TRTürkçe
maraton
ma-ra-ton
UKУкраїнська
марафон
ma-ra-fon
URاردو
ماراٹھن
ma-ra-than
VITiếng Việt
marathon
ma-ra-thon
ZUZU
imarathoni
i-ma-ra-tho-ni