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Meaning of Mari | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈmɑɹi/

Definitions

  1. A Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Mari people.
  2. An Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
  3. A female given name from Japanese.
  4. An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, the modern-day Tell Hariri in Syria.
    historical
  5. A Volga-Finnic people in the Volga region.
    plural, plural-only
  6. Meadow Mari; Eastern Mari.

Equivalents

Suomi mari Marit
Français mari
日本語 マリ人

Examples

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

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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