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   ultramarine

   /ˌʌltrəməˈriːn/

   noun

   • 1. a brilliant deep blue pigment originally obtained from lapis lazuli, now made from powdered fired clay, sodium carbonate, sulphur, and resin: "ultramarine blue"
   • ▪ a brilliant deep blue colour: "the colour of the water deepened to ultramarine"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from medieval Latin ultramarinus ‘beyond the sea’; the name of the pigment is from obsolete Italian (azzurro) oltramarino, literally ‘(azure) from overseas’.

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