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raven | mari |

As proper nouns the difference between raven and mari

is that raven is {{given name|female|from=English}} for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s while Mari is an ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, modern-day Tell Hariri, Syria.

As a noun raven

is a common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.

As an adjective raven

is of the color of the raven; jet-black.

As a verb raven

is to obtain or seize by violence.

raven

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia raven) (Corvus corax) From (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus'', especially the common raven, ''Corvus corax .
    • Derived terms
    * (Australian raven) () * (brown-necked raven) () * (Chatham raven) () * (Chihuahuan raven) () * common raven (Corvus corax ) * (dwarf raven) () * (fan-tailed raven) () * (forest raven) () * (little raven) () * (New Zealand raven) () * northern raven (Corvus corax ) * (pied raven) * (relict raven) () * (Somali raven) () * (Tasmanian raven) () * (thick-billed raven) () * (western raven) () * (white-necked raven) ()

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of the color of the raven; jet-black
    • raven curls
    raven darkness
    She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.
    Derived terms
    * nonraven * raven-black * raven-haired * ravenhood * raven standard

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * ravin, ravine

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Rapine; rapacity.
  • Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
  • To devour with great eagerness.
  • To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
    • The raven is both a scavenger, who ravens''' a dead animal almost like a vulture, and a bird of prey, who commonly '''ravens to catch a rodent.
    Related terms
    * ravener * ravening * ravenous, ravenously, ravenousness

    References

    * * [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=raven&searchmode=none]

    Anagrams

    * English adjectives ending in -en English heteronyms ----

    mari

    English

    Etymology 1

    Proper noun

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

    Anagrams

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