Mali

See also: mali, malí, 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/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːli

Proper noun

Mali

2. Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Malian

Translations

a country in Western Africa

• Afrikaans: Mali
• Amharic: ማሊ (mali)
• Arabic: مَالِي f (mālī)
• Armenian: Մալի (Mali)
• Belarusian: Малі́ f (Malí)
• Bengali: মালি (mali)
• Breton: Mali
• Burmese: မာလီ (my) (mali)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬里 (zh) (Mǎlǐ), 马里 (zh) (Mǎlǐ)

• Czech: Mali (cs) n
• Danish: Mali (da)
• Dhivehi: މާލީ (dv) (mālī)
• Dutch: Mali (nl)
• Esperanto: Malio (eo)
• Estonian: Mali (et)
• Finnish: Mali (fi)
• French: Mali (fr)
• Georgian: მალი (mali)
• German: Mali (de)
• Greek: Μάλι (el) n (Máli)
• Hausa: Mali
• Hebrew: מאלי f (mali)
• Hindi: माली (hi) (mālī)
• Hungarian: Mali (hu)
• Icelandic: Malí (is) n
• Interlingua: Mali
• Italian: Mali (it)
• Japanese: マリ (ja) (Mari)
• Kalenjin: Mali
• Kamba: Mali
• Kazakh: Мали (Mali)
• Khmer: ម៉ាលី (km) (maalii)
• Kikuyu: Mali
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• Korean: 말리 (Malli)
• Kyrgyz: Мали (ky) (Mali)
• Lao: ມາລີ (mā lī)
• Macedonian: Мали (mk) n (Mali)
• Maori: Māri (mi)
• Meru: Mali
• Mongolian: Мали (mn) (Mali)
• Norman: Mali
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Mali (no)

  Nynorsk: Mali (nn)

• Persian: مالی (fa) (mâli)
• Polish: Mali (pl)
• Portuguese: Mali (pt)
• Romanian: Mali (ro)
• Russian: Мали́ (ru) f (Malí)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ма̑ли m

  Roman: Mȃli (sh) m

• Sinhalese: මාලි (māli)
• Slovak: Mali n
• Slovene: Mali (sl)
• Spanish: Malí (es)
• Swahili: Mali (sw)
• Swedish: Mali (sv)
• Tagalog: Mali (tl)
• Tajik: Малӣ (tg) (Malī)
• Thai: มาลี (th) (maa-lii)
• Tigrinya: ማሊ (mali)
• Turkish: Mali (tr)
• Ukrainian: Малі́ (uk) f (Malí)
• Vietnamese: Ma-li
• Yoruba: Mali
• Zulu: IMali

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}
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Etymology 2

A shortened form of Somali or Somalia

Proper noun

Mali

1. (slang) A Somali

Anagrams

• Liam, Lima, Mila, alim, lima, mail

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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalɪ]

Proper noun

Mali n

1. Mali

Related terms

• maliský
• malijský
• Malijec

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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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	—
abessive		Malitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Mali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Malini — accusative nom. Malini — gen. Malini genitive Malini — partitive Maliani — inessive Malissani — elative Malistani — illative Maliini — adessive Malillani — ablative Maliltani — allative Malilleni — essive Malinani — translative Malikseni — abessive Malittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Malisi — accusative nom. Malisi — gen. Malisi genitive Malisi — partitive Maliasi — inessive Malissasi — elative Malistasi — illative Maliisi — adessive Malillasi — ablative Maliltasi — allative Malillesi — essive Malinasi — translative Maliksesi — abessive Malittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Malimme — accusative nom. Malimme — gen. Malimme genitive Malimme — partitive Maliamme — inessive Malissamme — elative Malistamme — illative Maliimme — adessive Malillamme — ablative Maliltamme — allative Malillemme — essive Malinamme — translative Maliksemme — abessive Malittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Malinne — accusative nom. Malinne — gen. Malinne genitive Malinne — partitive Malianne — inessive Malissanne — elative Malistanne — illative Maliinne — adessive Malillanne — ablative Maliltanne — allative Malillenne — essive Malinanne — translative Maliksenne — abessive Malittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Malinsa — accusative nom. Malinsa — gen. Malinsa genitive Malinsa — partitive Maliaan Maliansa — inessive Malissaan Malissansa — elative Malistaan Malistansa — illative Maliinsa — adessive Malillaan Malillansa — ablative Maliltaan Maliltansa — allative Malilleen Malillensa — essive Malinaan Malinansa — translative Malikseen Maliksensa — abessive Malittaan Malittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• malilainen

Anagrams

• Ilma, Mila, ilma, lima

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.li/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali

Derived terms

• malien

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Mali n (proper noun, strong, genitive Malis)

1. Mali

Derived terms

• Malier
• Malierin
• malisch

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Italian

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali

Derived terms

• maliano

Anagrams

• almi
• lami
• lima
• mail
• mila

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Latvian

Proper noun

Mali f (indeclinable)

1. Mali

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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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Similar to English Mali.

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (country)

Related terms

• malier
• malisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (country)

Related terms

• maliar
• malisk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.li/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Mali n (indeclinable)

1. Mali

Derived terms

• (nouns) Malijczyk m, Malijka f
• (adjective) malijski

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mȃli m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑ли)

1. Mali

Declension

Declension of Mali

	singular
nominative	Mȃli
genitive	Mȃlija
dative	Maliju
accusative	Mali
vocative	Mali
locative	Maliju
instrumental	Malijem

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Spanish

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Alternative form of Malí

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Swahili

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (country)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Swedish

Proper noun

Mali n (genitive Malis)

1. Mali

Anagrams

• Liam, mila

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Tagalog

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali