Mari

American  

[mah-ree] / ˈmɑ ri /

noun

PLURAL

Maris

PLURAL

Mari

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.

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Mari British  

/ ˈmɑːrɪ /

noun

1. another name for Cheremiss

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Etymology

Origin of Mari

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

Example Sentences

López Mari agreed it wasn’t his finest piece, but it did introduce the world to reggaetón and helped establish an aesthetic for the genre.

From Los Angeles Times

Mari, not her real name, said it seemed that "it was accepted that Foden was a ruthless boss who ruled as he pleased".

From BBC

These fanciful instances benefit from Mari Fukuhara’s score, a drizzle of aural luminosity.

From Los Angeles Times

"We have considerably tightened our immigration policy. We can probably even talk about a paradigm shift in this regard," Finland's Interior Minister Mari Rantanen told AFP.

From Barron's

Mari said her younger sister, Lisa, was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.

From BBC