Mali

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːli/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːli

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

Mali

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

• Subsahara

• Malian

• Countries of the world

• Mali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

Mali (plural Malis)

1. (MLE, MTE, slang) A Somali

• Mali Boys

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

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Mali

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

• Malinees

• IPA^(key): /mali/ [ma.li]
• Rhymes: -ali, -i
• Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Mali inan

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• “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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈma.li]

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Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• malià

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalɪ]

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

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• “Mali”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Mali”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Mali”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• malier
• malisk

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑli/, [ˈmɑ̝li]
• Rhymes: -ɑli
• Syllabification^(key): Ma‧li
• Hyphenation^(key): Ma‧li

From French Mali, from Mandinka or Bambara mali (“hippopotamus”).

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• malilainen

Variant of Malinen.

Mali

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

• 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.

• Ilma, Mila, ilma, lima

• IPA^(key): /ma.li/

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Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• malien

• → Persian: مالی (mâli)

• 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭

From French Mali.

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

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

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• Malier
• malisch

• “Mali” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa; official name: Mali Köztársaság)

• mali (“Malian”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Hyphenation: Mà‧li

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• maliano

• almi, lima, mail, mila

Mali f (indeclinable)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Medieval vernacular form of Magdalene.

Mali

1. a female given name

• One of the most common female names in Norway in the 17th and 18th century. Today more common as Malin, Malene.

Similar to English Mali.

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• malier
• malisk

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• maliar
• malisk

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.li/

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

Mali n (indeclinable, related adjective malijski)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• Mali in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Máli

• Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• maliano
• maliense

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

Mȃli m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑ли)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• IPA^(key): /màːli/

Máli m inan

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nominative	Máli
genitive	Málija
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Máli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Málija
dative (dajȃlnik)	Máliju
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Máli
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Máliju
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Málijem

• Málijec / Málijka
• málijski

• “Mali”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Mali”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Mali m

1. alternative form of Malí

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Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːlɪ/

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Mali n (genitive Malis)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• malier
• malisk
• maliska

• Mali in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

• Liam, Lima, mail, mila

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmali/ [ˈmaː.lɪ]
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: Ma‧li

Mali (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒ)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• amil, lima, ilam, Lima

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Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• IPA^(key): /ma.li/

Mali

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

Mali f

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

• Malïaidd (“Malian”, adjective)
• Malïad (“Malian”, noun)

From English Mali.

• IPA^(key): /má.lì/

Málì

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)