Mali

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːli/

• Audio (US)

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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

2. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Malian

Translations

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]}
• Mali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Mali (plural Malis)

1. (MLE, MTE, slang) A Somali

Derived terms

• Mali Boys

Anagrams

• Alim, Liam, Lima, Mila, alim, lima, mail

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia ^af

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Mali

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

Derived terms

• Malinees

Bambara

Alternative forms

• مالي
• 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭
• ߡߊߟߌ

Basque

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia ^eu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mali/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mali inan

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

• Audio (Valencian)

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Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• malià

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

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

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Further reading

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

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia ^da

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• malier
• malisk

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia ^fi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑli/,
• Rhymes: -ɑli
• Syllabification^(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

Derived terms

• malilainen

Etymology 2

Variant of Malinen.

Proper noun

Mali

1. a Finnish surname
2. (rare) a female given name

Declension

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.

Anagrams

• Ilma, Mila, ilma, lima

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.li/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• malien

Fula

Alternative forms

• 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭

Etymology

From French Mali.

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

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

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• Malier
• malisch

Further reading

• “Mali” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia ^hu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: Ma‧li
• Rhymes: -li

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

• mali (“Malian”)

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia ^it

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• maliano

Anagrams

• almi, lima, mail, mila

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:

Mali

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

Similar to English Mali.

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• malier
• malisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• maliar
• malisk

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.li/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: Ma‧li
• Homophone: mali

Proper noun

Mali n (indeclinable)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Further reading

• Mali in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• maliano
• maliense

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mȃli m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑ли)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Spanish

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Alternative form of Malí

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia ^sw

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

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]}

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Mali n (genitive Malis)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Anagrams

• Liam, Lima, mail, mila

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mali (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒ)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia ^tr

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

See also

• (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve ^{(Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.li/

Proper noun

Mali

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

Yoruba

 Málì on Yoruba Wikipedia

Etymology

From English Mali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /má.lì/

Proper noun

Málì

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)