Organized processions of people walking together for protest or celebration, or border regions between territories.
From Old French 'marchier' (to walk), ultimately from Frankish. The border region meaning comes from the same root, referring to areas where armies would march and patrol boundaries.
The dual meaning of 'marches' connects human movement with territorial boundaries - both involve deliberate, organized progression through space, whether for political expression or geographic control.
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