mari

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈmɑɹi/
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/ˈmɑɹi/ · /ˈmɑːɹi/(UK)

Definition of mari

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (historical)An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, the modern-day Tell Hariri in Syria.
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name

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

noun

  1. (plural, plural-only)A Volga-Finnic people in the Volga region.

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Etymology

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

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