Mari

[ mah-ree ]

noun

, plural Ma·ris, (especially collectively) Ma·ri

1. a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
2. the Finnic language of the Mari.

Mari

/ ˈmɑːrɪ /

noun

1. See Cheremiss
   another name for Cheremiss

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mari¹

< Russian mári (not declined) < Mari marij Mari, man

Example Sentences

“The older children who starved gave their food to the younger ones,” said Mari.

From The Daily Beast

Proving that Russian food is more than borscht, Mari Vanna in Dupont is cozy and offers hearty food that will fill you right up.

From The Daily Beast

Hajji Mari defended the killings in an interview last weekend with The Daily Telegraph.

From The Daily Beast

Francesca Mari has written for The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, The Believer, and other publications.

From The Daily Beast

"Puisque votre mari n'y est plus, parlons Français," he said.

From Project Gutenberg

The draft being in Latin, the country was called Terra Mari, in honor of the queen.

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In utroque casu tamen remedium idem concupiscentiae mari perstat, et hoc sufficit pro viro ut matrimonium validum sit.

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But strange to see how a woman, notwithstanding her greatest pretences of love 'a son mari' and religion, may be 'vaincue'.

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He is dutiful to his father, the improvident, though ambitious Charles Mari de Buonaparte.

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