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.

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Also called Cheremis, Cheremiss.

Origin of Mari

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

Words nearby Mari

Margrethe II, marguerite, Margulies, mar-hawk, Marheshvan, Mari, Maria, mariachi, Maria de Medici, mariage blanc, mariage de convenance

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How to use Mari in a sentence

He and Tamaki moved there, and had two children, Naomi and her sister, Mari.
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Mari attributes the problems with “this new breed of private-equity landlords” to their burning desire to return double-digit returns for their shareholders.
Wall Street isn’t to blame for the chaotic housing market|Jerusalem Demsas|June 11, 2021|Vox
Stories like the one Mari outlines in her New York Times Magazine piece are chilling, and it’s clear that even if it might be easier to monitor larger entities, it’s not clear that anyone would actually do that.
Wall Street isn’t to blame for the chaotic housing market|Jerusalem Demsas|June 11, 2021|Vox
Mari reported that by 2016, private equity firms had acquired more than 200,000 homes — a fraction of the total number in America.
Wall Street isn’t to blame for the chaotic housing market|Jerusalem Demsas|June 11, 2021|Vox

“The older children who starved gave their food to the younger ones,” said Mari.
Soviet-Style Sexual Politics Returns|Will Cathcart|May 19, 2014|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.
A Local’s Guide to D.C. During the Holidays|William O’Connor|December 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Hajji Mari defended the killings in an interview last weekend with The Daily Telegraph.
Syria: From the Gap to the Firing Squad|The Telegraph|August 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Francesca Mari has written for The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, The Believer, and other publications.
The Book-Club Hustlers|Francesca Mari|July 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
"Puisque votre mari n'y est plus, parlons Français," he said.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
The draft being in Latin, the country was called Terra Mari, in honor of the queen.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
In utroque casu tamen remedium idem concupiscentiae mari perstat, et hoc sufficit pro viro ut matrimonium validum sit.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
But strange to see how a woman, notwithstanding her greatest pretences of love 'a son mari' and religion, may be 'vaincue'.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
He is dutiful to his father, the improvident, though ambitious Charles Mari de Buonaparte.
Napoleon's Young Neighbor|Helen Leah Reed

British Dictionary definitions for Mari

Mari

/ (ˈmɑːrɪ) /

noun plural Mari or Maris

another name for Cheremiss

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