WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Ma•ri
(mä′rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ris, (esp. collectively) -ri for 1.
- a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Language Varietiesthe Finnic language of the Mari. Also called Cheremis, Cheremiss.
- Mari marij Mari, man
- Russian mári (not declined)
'Mari' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Black Maria
- Cheremis
- Finnic
- Ioshkar-Ola
- Janet
- Lafayette
- Lamartine
- Leconte de Lisle
- Legendre
- Macmahon
- Mari Autonomous Republic
- Mari El Republic
- Maria Theresa thaler
- Marie Antoinette
- Marie Galante
- Marie Louise
- Marie de France
- Marisat
- Roussel
- Votyak
- Yoshkar-Ola
- de Lesseps
- mariculture
- marigram
- marigraph
- maritime
- marriage
- mere