Mari

//ˈmɑɹi// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Volga-Finnic people in the Volga region. plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    the Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, the modern-day Tell Hariri in Syria. historical
  2. 2
    A Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Mari people.
  3. 3
    An Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
  4. 4
    A female given name from Japanese.

    "Our colleague, Mari Takahashi Parker (1993), compared schools in the United States and in Japan. She found that in the United States, principals tended to feel the weight of just about everything on their shoulders."

  5. 5
    Meadow Mari; Eastern Mari.

Synonyms

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cheremischeremisscheremischeremischeremis languagecheremiss

Example

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"Jani lives above me and Mari lives below me."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒈠𒌷𒆠 (ma-riᵏⁱ), from Mer, an ancient storm/patron deity of Mesopotamia and Syria. Also see Nûr-Mêr.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Western Mari мари (mari, “Mari language term for the Mari”).

Related phrases

eastern marifinno ugricmeadow mari

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