different between marquee vs shamiana

English

Etymology

From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”), margin (“edge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??(?)?ki?/

Noun

marquee (plural marquees)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
2. (US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
3. (US, by generalization) Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.

   Synonyms: chase lights, chaser lights

4. (Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
5. (computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.

   Synonym: marching ants

Translations

Adjective

marquee (not comparable)

1. Most famous; preeminent.

Verb

marquee (third-person singular simple present marquees, present participle marqueeing, simple past and past participle marqueed)

1. (graphical user interface) To select (an object or region) with the marquee selection tool.

Further reading

• marquee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• shamiyanah

Etymology

From Urdu ???????? (??miy?n?), from Persian ???????? (šâmiyâne, “(India) a marquee”).

Noun

shamiana (plural shamianas)

1. (India) A large, ornate tent or pavilion; a marquee.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 155:

     It was the rainy season and we had put up a big shamiana around the open-air pit to accommodate everyone.

   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 87:

     At a time when free expression in India is under pressure from many directions […] the podiums and shamiana tents of the Jaipur festival have become pop-up shops for thinkers with contrarian positions.