Mali

See also: mali, Malí, mǎlì, māli, and mạ lị

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

A shortened form of Somali or Somalia

Proper noun

Mali

  1. (slang) A Somali

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali

Czech

Proper noun

Mali n

  1. Mali

Further reading

  • Mali in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Mali in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali

Declension

Inflection of Mali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Mali
genitive Malin
partitive Malia
illative Maliin
singular plural
nominative Mali
accusative nom. Mali
gen. Malin
genitive Malin
partitive Malia
inessive Malissa
elative Malista
illative Maliin
adessive Malilla
ablative Malilta
allative Malille
essive Malina
translative Maliksi
instructive
abessive Malitta
comitative

Derived terms

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.li/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. Mali

Derived terms


German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Mali n (genitive Malis)

  1. Mali

Derived terms


Italian

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. Mali

Derived terms

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Latvian

Proper noun

Mali f (indeclinable)

  1. Mali

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

Etymology

Similar to English Mali.

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (country)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (country)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.lʲi/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Mali n

  1. Mali

Derived terms

  • Malijczyk m, Malijka f
  • adjective: malijski

Portuguese

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mȃli m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑ли)

  1. Mali

Declension


Spanish

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. Alternative form of Malí

Swedish

Proper noun

Mali n (genitive Malis)

  1. Mali
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