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As nouns the difference between mary and mari

is that mary is (gay slang|chiefly|us) a male homosexual while mari is moor (member of an ancient berber people, islamic people who ruled spain, etc).

mary

English

(wikipedia Mary)

Proper noun

(Marys)
  • .
  • * 1821 Lord Byron, Don Juan : Canto the Fifth: IV:
    • I have a passion for the name of Mary , / For once it was a magic sound to me: / And still it half calls up the realm of fairy / Where I beheld what never was to be.
  • * 1830 Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Cottage Names :
    • Mary , which is as common as a white violet, and like that has something indestructibly sweet and simple, and fit for all wear, high or low, suits the cottage or the palace, the garden or the field, the pretty and the ugly, the old and the young;
  • * 1905 , Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway , Mary is a Grand Old Name ( a song)
    • For it was Mary'; '''Mary''' / Plain as any name can be / But with propriety, society / Will say "Marie". / But it was '''Mary'''; ' Mary / Long before the fashions came / And there's something there that sounds so square / It's a grand old name.
  • The Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ.
  • * :
    • Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
  • The 19th sura (chapter) of the Quran
  • Any of several other women in the New Testament, notably Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha.
  • * :
    • Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
  • (Ireland, dated) A middle name for a male, given in honour of the Virgin Mary.

    • Usage notes

    * The given name was considered too sacred to use before the end of the 12th century. It was very popular from the 17th to the 20th century.

    Derived terms

    * Marian * Bloody Mary * Mary Ann * Mary Jane

    Coordinate terms

    * Amina

    Related terms

    (variants and pet forms) * Maire * Mae * Mamie * Maria * Mariah * Marian * Marian * Mariana * Marianne * Marie * Marilyn * Marion * Marisa * Marissa * Marlene * Maryann * Maureen * May * Maya * Mayme * Mia * Moira * Mollie * Molly * Mya * Polly

    Anagrams

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    mari

    English

    Etymology 1

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, modern-day Tell Hariri, Syria.
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    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) *: *:
    External links
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    Anagrams

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