Maris

[ mar-is ]

/ ˈmær ɪs /

noun

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Definition for maris (2 of 2)

Mari

[ mah-ree ]

/ ˈmɑ ri /

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.

Origin of Mari

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

Also called Cheremis, Cheremiss.

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Examples from the Web for maris

It is not a rose, and the 'Mary' is from 'marinus,' or 'maris.'
Storyology|Benjamin Taylor
Here, as in the cole des maris, Molire turns to the ethics of marriage for his materials.
Queens of the French Stage|H. Noel Williams
L'cole des Maris contrasts two methods of education—one suspicious and severe, the other wisely indulgent.
A History of French Literature|Edward Dowden
Mary, who had been called Maris Stella, the morning star, gradually assumed the symbol of the all-conquering sun.
The Evolution of Love|Emil Lucka

The name is supposed to be derived from maris linea, and to indicate that originally the sea came up to it.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4|Various

British Dictionary definitions for maris

Mari

/ (ˈmɑːrɪ) /

noun plural Mari or Maris

another name for Cheremiss

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