Maquis initially referred to Maquis shrubland, a Mediterranean shrubland biome, and came to be associated with the armed resistance groups which hid in the terrain covered with that scrub growth.
Resistance groups
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Maquis (World War II), predominantly rural guerrilla bands of the French and Belgian Resistance
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Spanish Maquis, guerrillas who fought against Francoist Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War
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The network of rural bases operated by the Communist Party of Kampuchea prior to the Cambodian Civil War
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Maquis ( Star Trek), fictional resistance movement in the Star Trek universe
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, television episode that introduced the group
Other uses
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Maquis shrubland, a Mediterranean shrubland biome known as macchia in Italian
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Aristotelia chilensis, a bush in southern Chile, locally known as maqui
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Maquis (pigeon), a pigeon that received the Dickin Medal for service during the Second World War
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A particular type of outdoor restaurant in the Ivory Coast, providing local food, are known as Maquis
See also
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Maki (disambiguation)
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Maqui (disambiguation)
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Marquis (disambiguation)