li noun
a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
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| Former name (1898--1959): French Sudan a landlocked republic in West Africa: conquered by the French by 1898 and incorporated (as French Sudan) into French West Africa; became independent in 1960; settled chiefly in the basins of the Rivers Senegal and Niger in the south. Official language: French. Religion: Muslim majority, also animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Bamako. Pop: 13 408 000 (2004 est). Area: 1 248 574 sq km (482 077 sq miles) | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
Mali
modern African nation, former African kingdom, perhaps from Malinke, name of an indigenous people of the region.
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Cultural Dictionary
Mali [(mah-lee)]Republic in west Africa bordered by Algeria to the north and east, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast to the south, Guinea to the southwest, Senegal and Mauritania to the west. Its capital is Bamako. It became an independent nation in 1960.
Note: During the Middle Ages, Mali formed a huge territorial empire, noted as a center of Islamic study and as a trade route for gold. Its center was Timbuktu.
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Computing Dictionary
MALI definition
A hardware memory device for logic programming computers with real time garbage collection.
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Many of their songs are very old and are said to date back to the old kingdom of mali.
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