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Mari

[ mah-ree ]

noun

, plural Ma·ris, (especially collectively) Ma·ri
  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.


Mari

/ ˈmɑːrɪ /

noun

  1. another name for Cheremiss


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Mari1

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

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