Mark
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Mark may refer to:
Symbols
Glyph, a purposeful mark in typography
Mark (sign), written or imprinted symbol used to indicate some trait of an item, such as its ownership or maker
Watermark, an identifying image in paper that is visible when viewed in transmitted light; or an identifier in digital contexts
A mark used in lieu of a signature when the signatory is incapable of signing their name
Christianity
Gospel of Mark, one of the four canonical gospels and one of the three synoptic gospels
Mark the Evangelist (5–68), traditionally ascribed author of the Gospel of Mark
John Mark (died 1st century), assistant accompanying Paul and Barnabas in the Acts of the Apostles
Currencies
Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations
Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic
Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1928
Finnish markka (Swedish: finsk mark), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002
Polish marka (Polish: marka polska), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924
German
Deutsche Mark, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002
German gold mark, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914
Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914
Rentenmark, a currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany
Łódź Ghetto mark, a special currency for Łódź Ghetto, 1940–1944
Reichsmark, the currency in Germany from 1924 until 1945, then until 20 June 1948 in West Germany
People
Mark (given name), a male given name, includes a list of notable people with the name
Mark (surname), includes a list of notable people with the name
Mark of Cornwall (fl. early 6th century), king of Kernow
Pope Mark (died 336), Pope of the Catholic Church from 18 January to 7 October 336
Mark (rapper), Canadian rapper
Places
Europe
Amt Dahme/Mark a collective municipality in the district of Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg, Germany
Amt Lindow (Mark), a collective municipality in the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin in Brandenburg, Germany
Baruth/Mark, a town in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany
County of Mark, a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle
Friesack/Mark, a town in the Havelland district in Brandenburg, Germany
Mark (Dender), a river in Belgium
Mark (Dintel), a river in Belgium and the Netherlands
Mark Hundred, a Västergötland hundred in Sweden
Mark Municipality, a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwest Sweden
Mark, Somerset, an English village and civil parish
Mark Lane, a road in the City of London
Elsewhere
Mereg (also Mark), a village in Sarkal Rural District, in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran
Mark, Illinois, a village in Putnam County, Illinois
Mark, Missouri, an extinct town in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Missouri
Sports
Mark, a term used in professional wrestling with multiple meanings
Mark (Australian rules football), where a player cleanly catches a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres without anyone else touching it
Mark (rugby), a play in which a player may catch the ball and take a free-kick at the position of the mark
Other
<mark>...</mark>, an HTML element used for highlighting relevant text in a quotation
March (territory) (also mark), a medieval European term for any kind of borderland
Mark (designation), a method of designating a version of a product (often abbreviated "Mk" or "M")
Mark (dinghy), a single-hander class of small sailing dinghy
Mark (unit), a medieval European weight or mass unit that supplanted the pound weight as a precious metals and coinage weight from the 11th century
USS Mark (AG-143), a vessel of the US Army and the US and Taiwanese navies
Mark and space, terms used in telecommunications to describe two different signal states of a signal
High water mark, a line that represents the maximum rise of a body of water over land
Mark (2009 film), a Canadian documentary film
Mark (2025 film), an Indian Kannada-language action drama film
Mark, the victim of a confidence trick
Milwaukee Area–Racine–Kenosha (MARK) Rail, a proposed passenger rail service
See also
All pages with titles beginning with Mark
All pages with titles containing Mark
Marked (disambiguation)
Marc (disambiguation)
The Mark (disambiguation)
Marker (disambiguation)
Marking (disambiguation)
Marks (disambiguation)
Marque (disambiguation)
St.
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