Mari
Americannoun
plural
Maris,plural
Mari-
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.
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the Finnic language of the Mari.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Mari
< Russian mári (not declined) < Mari marij Mari, man
Example Sentences
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Mari Adam and Jeanne Thompson both use spreadsheets to keep track of their net worths and spending.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
As financial educator Mari Adam told me: “My experience is that overspending is always the most dangerous. If money goes out, it’s out.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
"Each side is best placed to prevail in its own game," says Mari Sako of the University of Oxford's Said Business School.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
“My wife, Francesca Mari, was the one who said that I should dedicate myself to writing — if I wanted to pursue it,” Mahajan says in a thoughtful, affectionate tone.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
Mari Luz looks as if she’s seen a ghost.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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