Mary Jane

Mary Jane

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Etymology 1

Mary +‎ Jane. The noun sense is a literal translation of Spanish María Juana, from María (“Mary”) + Juana (“Jane”)

Proper noun

Mary Jane

1. A female given name.

Translations

double given name

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can French: Marie-Jeanne (fr) f Galician: María Xoana Portuguese: Maria Joana f Spanish: María Juana f

Noun

Mary Jane (uncountable)

1. (slang) Marijuana.
   • 1995, “Mary Jane”, in Headsex‎, Mokum Records, performed by Technohead:

     Mary Jane, you're always in my brain, and you help me ease the pain.

   • 2005, Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, and Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), “Stay Fly”, in Most Known Unknown‎, Sony BMG, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG):

     Mary Jane, since I have met you, girl, you've ruined my brain.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:marijuana

Translations

slang for marijuana

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: mari (fi) French: Marie-Jeanne (fr) f Galician: María Xoana f German: Marihuana (de) n, Gras (de) n Hungarian: Mariska Italian: Maria Giovanna f Portuguese: Maria Joana f Romanian: Maria Ioana f Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

Genericized trademark, from the female name. Mary Jane was a character in the Buster Brown comic strip, licensed by the shoe manufacturer.

Noun

Mary Jane (plural Mary Janes)

Mary Jane shoes.

1. A type of shoe, usually for a girl, having a rounded toe and a strap with a buckle.

Translations

type of shoe

Chinese: Mandarin: 瑪麗珍鞋, 玛丽珍鞋 (Mǎlì-Zhēn xié) Finnish: maryjane French: baby (fr) German: Spangenschuh m Japanese: メリージェーン (Merījēn) Korean: 메리 제인 (meri jein) Spanish: mercedita f Volapük: snabädajuk, (child) cilasnabädajuk