Mari

M3A1R1I1
US/ˈmɑɹi/UK/ˈmɑːɹi/

proper noun

An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, the modern-day Tell Hariri in Syria.

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CheremisCheremissHopMari languageCheremis languageCheremiss language
OriginAkkadian 𒈠𒌷𒆠 →
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Meanings

Mari1

proper noun
  1. historicalAn ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, the modern-day Tell Hariri in Syria.

Mari2

nounMari pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA Volga-Finnic people in the Volga region.

    Synonyms: Cheremis, Cheremiss

proper noun
  1. A Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Mari people.
  2. Meadow Mari; Eastern Mari.

    Synonyms: Cheremis

Mari3

proper noun
  1. An Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

    Synonyms: Hop

Mari4

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Japanese.

    He hopped across and went to lift Mari, but she shook her head and jumped over [by] herself.

    2018, Emiko Jean, Empress of All Seasons, HMH Books For Young Readers, →ISBN, page 40
    1 more example

    Our colleague, Mari Takahashi Parker (1993), compared schools in the United States and in Japan. She found that in the United States, principals tended to feel the weight of just about everything on their shoulders.

    2010 March 9, Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal, Reframing the Path to School Leadership: A Guide for Teachers and Principals, Corwin Press, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA Volga-Finnic people in the Volga region.

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CheremisCheremiss

proper nounMeadow Mari; Eastern Mari.

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Cheremis

proper nounAn Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

Similar
Hop

More synonyms by meaning

nouna member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia

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CheremisCheremiss
Broader
Russian

nounthe Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis

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CheremisCheremissMari languageCheremis languageCheremiss language
Broader
FennicFinnicNon-Ugric
Also see
cheremisshop

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Mari · proper noun

  1. Akkadian𒈠𒌷𒆠
  2. EnglishMari

From Akkadian 𒈠𒌷𒆠 (ma-riᵏⁱ), from Mer, an ancient storm/patron deity of Mesopotamia and Syria. Also see Nûr-Mêr.

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Mari · noun, proper noun

  1. mrjмари
  2. mrjмари
  3. EnglishMari

Borrowed from Western Mari мари (mari, “Mari language term for the Mari”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 馬里人, 馬里語 /马里语
  • 馬里人 (Mǎlǐ rén)people
  • 馬里語 /马里语 (Mǎlǐ yǔ)language
Czech marijština
  • marijštinalanguage
Finnish mari, marit
  • maripeople
  • maritpeople
  • marilanguage
  • marin kielilanguage
French Mari
  • Mariancient city
Hungarian mari, cseremisz
  • maripeople
  • cseremiszpeople
  • marilanguage
  • cseremiszlanguage
Japanese マリ人, マリ語
  • マリ人 (Mari jin)people
  • マリ語 (Mari go)language
Polish Mari, Maryjczyk
  • Mariancient city
  • Maryjczykpeople
  • Maryjkapeople
  • język maryjskilanguage
Russian мариец, марийцы
  • мариец (marijec)people
  • марийцы (marijcy)people
  • марийка (marijka)people
  • марийки (marijki)people
  • мари́йский (maríjskij)language
Turkish Mari dili
  • Mari dililanguage

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Mari

safaribarryFerraristarryvarisharidariKalahariQataricalamaritarryBihariscarryCharijarryCampariwaricharivariZanzibarifutanarishibaricharryabkaricarbonari
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Anagrams

MiraamirIrmamairramirima
Cite this entry
APA

Mari. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mari

MLA

“Mari.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mari. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mari,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mari.

Source: Mari on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.