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mari | marie |

As a noun mari

is moor (member of an ancient berber people, islamic people who ruled spain, etc).

As an adjective marie is

married.

mari

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, modern-day Tell Hariri, Syria.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Mari) (en proper noun)
  • A Volga-Finnic people in the Volga region.
  • A Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Mari people.
  • Meadow Mari, Eastern Mari
  • Usage notes

    There are two written varieties of Mari, one called Meadow Mari or Eastern Mari, and the other Hill Mari or Western Mari. The speakers of the former outnumber those of the latter by 10 to 1 or more, depending on which source one believes. The English Wiktionary uses the code chm'' (which ISO 639-3 assigned to the Mari macrolanguage) for Eastern Mari and the code ''mrj for Western Mari.
    Synonyms
    * (language) Cheremis (dated) * (people) Cheremis (dated)
    Meronyms
    * (Uralic language spoken by the Mari) *: *:

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) ----

    marie

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1380s , Wycliffe version of the Bible, Matthew 1:18:
  • Whanne Marie , the modir of Jhesu, was spousid to Joseph, bifore thei camen togidere, she was foundun hauynge of the Hooli Goost in the wombe.
  • * 1993 , Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell). Asta's Book (ISBN 0517587963), page 105:
  • We are going to call her Marie'. For once we are in agreement about something, if for different reasons. I just happen to like the name, it's my second favourite girl's name after Swanhild, it has such a pretty sound. Rasmus, of course, likes it because it can be English and all things English he adores. 'The English can pronounce it,' he says, by which he means they pronounce it "Maar-rie", as in ' Marie Lloyd whom we've seen on the stage. 'The French can pronounce it too,' I said in my way, 'for what that's worth,' but he doesn't mind what I say at the moment.

    Usage notes

    * Particularly popular as a middle name in English.

    Anagrams

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