Mari

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

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.”

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