Maroon

The word Maroon can have the following meanings:
 Maroon (colour), a dark red
 Maroon (people), runaway slaves in the Caribbean
 Marooning, the act of leaving someone on a deserted island
 Maroon (rocket), a loud rocket used for signaling
 Chicago Maroon, an independent student newspaper of the University of Chicago
 Colgate Maroon-News newspaper of Colgate University and the oldest university weekly newspaper in America
 Saint Maroon
 Marooned (Red Dwarf episode), an episode of Red Dwarf

In sports:
 The Queensland Maroons, officially called Queensland State of Origin Team, a representative rugby league team that plays Rugby League State of Origin
 The Montreal Maroons were a professional ice hockey team, in existence from 1924 to 1938
 The Toledo Maroons were a National Football League team, in existence from 1922 to 1923
 The Kenosha Maroons were a National Football League team, in existence in 1924
 The Fighting Maroons, the athletic teams of the University of the Philippines
 The Chicago Maroons, the athletic teams of the University of Chicago
 The Maroons, all the athletic teams of Roanoke College
 The Maroons, all the athletic teams of Moline High School

In the military:
The Maroon Beret is the internationally recognised symbol for elite airborne forces.

In music:
 Maroon (album), a 2000 album by the Barenaked Ladies
 Maroon (band), a German vegan and straight edge band
 Maroon 5, a United States pop band
 "Maroon", the adopted name Russell Shoatz, a former Black Liberation Army member
 Maroons (Hip hop group) from Oakland, California (Lateef & Chief Xcel)

In art:
 Maroon, Bugs Bunny's civil wording for Moron