Maquis

Maquis initially referred to Maquis shrubland, a Mediterranean shrubland biome, and came to be accosiated 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)