Mari
[ mah-ree ]
/ ˈmɑ ri /
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noun, plural Ma·ris, (especially collectively) Ma·ri for 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.
the Finnic language of the Mari.
Origin of Mari
< Russian mári (not declined) < Mari marij Mari, man
Also called Cheremis, Cheremiss.
Definition for cheremiss (2 of 2)
Cheremis
or Cher·e·miss
[ cher-uh-mis, -mees, cher-uh-mis, -mees ]
/ ˌtʃɛr əˈmɪs, -ˈmis, ˈtʃɛr əˌmɪs, -ˌmis /
noun, plural Cher·e·mis·es, (especially collectively) Cher·e·mis.
Mari.
Origin of Cheremis
< Russian cheremís, earlier cheremísin, Old Russian (plural) chermisy, probably < Chuvash śarmîs, śarmîś Mari
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Examples from the Web for cheremiss
We hear of a forest-god among the Finns, Lapps and Cheremiss.
(1883–85); works of Smirnov on the Mordva, Cheremiss, etc., Fr.
The Races of Man|Joseph Deniker
British Dictionary definitions for cheremiss (1 of 2)
Cheremiss
Cheremis
/ (ˌtʃɛərəˈmɪs, -ˈmiːs, ˈtʃɛərəˌmɪs, -ˌmiːs) /
noun
plural -miss or -mis a member of an Ugrian people of the Volga region, esp of the Mari El Republic
Also called: Mari the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family
British Dictionary definitions for cheremiss (2 of 2)
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