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mali

/ˈmɑli/

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What does mali mean?

noun

  1. A member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any South Asian gardener.
  2. Money, cash.
  3. plural of malus
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. (slang) A Somali.

proper noun

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

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmɑli/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈmeɪlaɪ/
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Overview: Mali is among the poorest countries in the world, with about 70% of its land area desert or semidesert.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1992 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #48
“Multos in summa pericula misfit Venturi timor ipse mali: fortissimus ille est, Qui promptus metuenda pati, si cominus instent, Et differre potest.”
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
More book examples (3)
ROCCO, G.: La filosofia del matrimonio ed i mali individuali c sociali del divorzio.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
Bruder reads: "Malum praesens minus, quod causa est faturi alicujus mali."
Benedictus de SpinozaEthics — Part 4Translated by R. H. M. (Robert Harvey Monro) ElwesProject Gutenberg ebook #971
Then for seven days .the house is MALI, I.E. under special restrictions -- no one may enter the house or do anything in it except eat and sleep.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307