Meri
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "meri"
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Meri
- A language of Cameroon.
Further reading[edit]
- Ethnologue entry for Meri, meq
Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Meri
- A diminutive of the female given name Merida.
Anagrams[edit]
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Meri
- a surname
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From meri (“sea”) at the end of the 19th century. The given name is also a variant of Meeri, from English Mary.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Meri
- a female given name
- a Finnish surname from landscape
Declension[edit]
As a given name:
Inflection of Meri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Meri | Merit | ||
genitive | Merin | Merien | ||
partitive | Meriä | Merejä | ||
illative | Meriin | Mereihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Meri | Merit | ||
accusative | nom. | Meri | Merit | |
gen. | Merin | |||
genitive | Merin | Merien | ||
partitive | Meriä | Merejä | ||
inessive | Merissä | Mereissä | ||
elative | Meristä | Mereistä | ||
illative | Meriin | Mereihin | ||
adessive | Merillä | Mereillä | ||
ablative | Meriltä | Mereiltä | ||
allative | Merille | Mereille | ||
essive | Merinä | Mereinä | ||
translative | Meriksi | Mereiksi | ||
abessive | Merittä | Mereittä | ||
instructive | — | Merein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
As a surname:
Inflection of Meri (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Meri | Meret | ||
genitive | Meren | Merien Merten | ||
partitive | Merta | Meriä | ||
illative | Mereen | Meriin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Meri | Meret | ||
accusative | nom. | Meri | Meret | |
gen. | Meren | |||
genitive | Meren | Merien Merten | ||
partitive | Merta | Meriä | ||
inessive | Meressä | Merissä | ||
elative | Merestä | Meristä | ||
illative | Mereen | Meriin | ||
adessive | Merellä | Merillä | ||
ablative | Mereltä | Meriltä | ||
allative | Merelle | Merille | ||
essive | Merenä | Merinä | ||
translative | Mereksi | Meriksi | ||
abessive | Merettä | Merittä | ||
instructive | — | Merin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Statistics[edit]
- Meri is the 190th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,322 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,564 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- The surname Meri belongs to 248 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Maori[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Meri
- Mary (biblical)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
Related terms[edit]
- Mere (more common given name form)
Marshallese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Meri
- (bibilical, given name) Mary
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From meri, plural of măr (“apple tree”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Meri m
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