machi
noun
(in Japan) a town, or the business district or market area of any town.
machis
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pluralof machi.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Among the monkeys which we saw at the mission of the Atures, we found one new species, of the tribe of sais and sajous, which the Creoles vulgarly call machis.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
