Mali

[ mah-lee ]

noun

1. Republic of Mali, a republic in western Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). : Bamako.

Mali

/ ˈmɑːlɪ /

noun

1. a landlocked republic in West Africa: conquered by the French by 1898 and incorporated (as French Sudan) into French West Africa; became independent in 1960; settled chiefly in the basins of the Rivers Senegal and Niger in the south. Official language: French. Religion: Muslim majority, also animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Bamako. Pop: 15 968 882 (2013 est). Area: 1 248 574 sq km (482 077 sq miles) Former name (1898–1959)French Sudan

Mali

1. Republic in west Africa bordered by Algeria to the north and east, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast to the south, Guinea to the southwest, Senegal and Mauritania to the west. Its capital is Bamako. It became an independent nation in 1960.

Notes

During the Middle Ages , Mali formed a huge territorial empire, noted as a center of Islamic study and as a trade route for gold. Its center was Timbuktu .

Other Words From

• Mali·an noun adjective

Example Sentences

British armed forces already used a version of the Drone 40 in Mali earlier in 2021, though only used the scouting payloads.

From Popular-Science

After the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi’s government, militants and weapons flooded southwest across the Sahara and into Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.

From Time

Camps for refugees from neighboring Mali have also been brutally attacked.

From Time

While much of it occurs on family farms, some is also arranged by traffickers who ferry in children from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso.

From Washington Post

The average salary in Mali is just under $80 a month, a sum they can reach penning roughly two dozen postcards.

From Washington Post

Somehow she also found time to intern at the U.S. Department of Education and help build a school in Mali.

From The Daily Beast

“Our own people are those in Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan, and Mali,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

There are now 125 confirmed or reported cases in four West African nations, including Guinea, Liberia, Mali, and Sierra Leone.

From The Daily Beast

In Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, and Mali, we have to keep working with partners to disrupt and disable these networks.

From The Daily Beast

It also snubbed France in its mission to rescue the African nation of Mali from an Islamist takeover.

From The Daily Beast

Similarly, if you say "Mali" and pull his trunk forward, he will gradually learn that that is the signal to walk.

From Project Gutenberg

Man's defeat in his struggle with the elements made him religious, hinc prima mali labes.

From Project Gutenberg

The sitting bulbul does not appear to mind the daily shower-bath it receives when the mali waters the plant.

From Project Gutenberg

You have my hearty and not inexperienced sympathy; for, to speak in the style of Jonathan Oldbuck, I am haud ignara mali.

From Project Gutenberg

The difference only rests on the question whether vitalized or non-vitalized matter is the fons et origo mali.

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