Mare

A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.

In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse age three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing a mare is defined as a female horse more than four years old, but the word can also be used for other female equine animals, particularly mules and zebras, though a female donkey is usually called a "jenny." A broodmare is a mare used for breeding. A horse's female parent is known as its dam.

An uncastrated adult male horse is called a stallion and a castrated male is a gelding. Occasionally the term "horse" is used in a restrictive sense to designate only a male horse.

Reproductive cycle

Mares carry their young (called foals) for approximately 11 months from conception to birth. (Average range 320–370 days.) Usually just one young is born; twins are rare. When a domesticated mare foals, she nurses the foal for at least four to six months before it is weaned, though mares in the wild may allow a foal to nurse for up to a year.

Mare'

Mare' (Arabic: مارع‎, also spelled Marea) is a town 25 kilometers north of Aleppo in northern Syria. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of the Mare' nahiyah in the Azaz District of the Aleppo Governorate. Nearby localities include Shaykh Issa and Tell Rifaat to the west, A'zaz to the northwest, Dabiq to the northeast, al-Bab to the southeast, and Maarat Umm Hawsh and Herbel to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 16,904 in the 2004 census, out of a total population in the Mare' nahiyah of 39,306.

Syrian Civil War

Mare' has been affected by the ongoing Syrian uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad. The Ibn Walid brigade of the opposition Free Syrian Army was formed in the town in August 2012.

As of January 2015, Mare' is controlled by the Islamic Front.

The Mare' Operations Room is based around the town.

References

Mareš

Mareš (feminine Marešová) is a Czech surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Mare (Diamá Song)

Mare is an Italian pop ballad by Italian/Swiss singer-songwriter Diamá, it was released Valentine's Day 2014 (February 14, 2014) as her second single from her upcoming debut album We're not done exclusively on iTunes 2014 (Mastered for iTunes). The single was released two weeks later in all other digital music stores worldwide.

Background and composition

"Mare" is an Italian Pop ballad produced and composed by Pele Loriano and co-written by Jiameé and Diamá. In the song Diamá tells the lovestory between her husband and her. She dedicated the song to him.

Release and critical reception

"Mare" premiered on February 7, 2014, on ESCRadio official Eurovision Song Contest Radio.

Music video

The song's official music video, directed by Serge Wohlgensinger, was shot on August 13, 2012. The music video features Miss Earth Switzerland 2012 Lea Sara Bucher-Wittwer and Swiss soccer player Elias Aguidi. The video premiered on the Swiss Channel SF2 (Swiss Television) during the music-clip show Roboclip and was kept on rotation.