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Mali

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːli/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑːli

Etymology 1

Inherits its name from the Mali Empire, in turn from Mandinka or Dyula mali (hippopotamus).

Proper noun

Mali

  1. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Clipping of Somali (a person from Somalia or of Somali descent)

Noun

Mali (plural Malis)

  1. (MLE, MTE, slang) A Somali
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Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa; capital: Bamako)

Derived terms

Basque

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mali/ [ma.li]
  • Rhymes: -ali, -i
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mali inan

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

More information indefinite, absolutive ...

Derived terms

Further reading

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mali n (indeclinable, relational adjective maliský or malijský, demonym Malijec)

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

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Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑli/, [ˈmɑ̝li]
  • Rhymes: -ɑli
  • Syllabification(key): Ma‧li
  • Hyphenation(key): Ma‧li

Etymology 1

From French Mali, from Mandinka or Bambara mali (hippopotamus).

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Variant of Malinen.

Proper noun

Mali

  1. a Finnish surname
  2. (rare) a female given name
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
Statistics
  • The given name Mali belongs to 12 female individuals (and as a middle name to 9 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
  • The surname Mali belongs to 118 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Persian: مالی (mâli)

Fula

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French Mali.

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mali n (proper noun, genitive Malis or (optionally with an article) Mali)

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • Mali” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Hungarian

 Mali on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒli]
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa; official name: Mali Köztársaság)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...

Derived terms

See also

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.li/
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Hyphenation: Mà‧li

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latvian

Proper noun

Mali f (indeclinable)

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of Magdalene.

Proper noun

Mali

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

  • One of the most common female names in Norway in the 17th and 18th century. Today more common as Malin, Malene.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

Similar to English Mali.

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mali n (indeclinable, related adjective malijski)

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • Mali in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • Máli

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mâːli/
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mȃli m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑ли)

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Máli m inan

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
More information Masculine inan., soft o-stem, nominative ...

References

  • Mali”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • Mali”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. alternative form of Malí

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

See also

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mali n (genitive Malis)

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mali, ultimately from Mandinka or Dyula mali (hippopotamus).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mali (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒ)

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Anagrams

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tr

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

More information singular, nominative ...
More information singular, plural ...

See also

Walloon

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)
  2. a surname

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Proper noun

Mali f

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)
  • Malïaidd (Malian, adjective)
  • Malïad (Malian, noun)

See also

Yoruba

 Málì on Yoruba Wikipedia

Etymology

From English Mali.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Málì

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

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