Mengistu Haile Mariam

[ meng-gis-too hahy-lee mahr-ee-uhm ]

/ mɛŋˈgɪs tu ˈhaɪ li ˈmɑr i əm /

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noun

born 1937, Ethiopian political leader: head of state 1977–87; president 1987–91.

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Menes, menfolk, M.Eng., Mengelberg, Menger, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Mengzi, menhaden, menhir, menial, Ménière's syndrome

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How to use Mengistu Haile Mariam in a sentence

When Robert Haile pulled his own weapon, Brooks continued his stick-up.
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Mariam photographs the Israeli bombs, posting them on Facebook and Twitter.
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The girl, Mariam, was born with her bladder outside her body.
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Mariam would need surgery in the United States, the doctor said.
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Smith waited “until he could see her hips” and fired again, at which point 18-year-old Haile Kifer tumbled down the stairs.
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I left Nablus under the impression that Mariam would soon be delivered to her Mussulman lover.
Eothen|A. W. Kinglake
I shudder to think of the fate which must have befallen poor Mariam if she fell into the hands of the Christians.
Eothen|A. W. Kinglake
In March there happened fearefull lightning, and in December grieuous thunder and haile.
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I no longer saw Mariam unveiled, that happy moment of my life had gone by; but it had put the seal to my future fate.
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Mariam, taken evidently, though unconsciously, from the Portuguese name of the Holy Virgin.
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British Dictionary definitions for Mengistu Haile Mariam

Mengistu Haile Mariam

/ (mɛŋˈɡɪstuː ˈhaɪlɪ ˈmɑːrɪəm) /

noun

born 1937, Ethiopian soldier and statesman; head of state from 1977 until 1991 when rebels seized power and he fled into exile

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