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Mali, a. and n.2|ˈmɑːlɪ|
Also Melle, Melli.
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Mali, an ancient empire (of the 13th and 14th centuries) and a modern republic (founded in 1960) in west Africa.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Mali. So ˈMalian a. and n.
1906H. H. Johnston Liberia II. xxvii. 896 The Melli..empire..arose and flourished in Nigeria before the foundation of Timbuktu. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVII. 565/1 It is not known by whom the Melle (Mali) state was founded... The first king whose name is preserved was Baramindana, believed to have reigned from 1213 to 1235. 1960Times 28 Mar. 6/1 The Mali folklore is less unfamiliar to Parisians than that of its sister republic. 1960Daily Tel. 24 Aug. 1/1 The Mali force..was due to be withdrawn from the Congo. Ibid., Irish troops of the U.N. were to have taken over from the Malis. 1960Economist 31 Dec. 1367/2 The Malians themselves (or Soudanese, as they used to call themselves) have only lately emerged from black Africa's first working experiment of a sovereign federation. 1967S. Knight Window on Shanghai xv. 65, I especially like the beautifully robed Malians... They are all members of the Malian government. 1970P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 106 Mali lutes, Senegal kora. 1973Times 15 Oct. 8/8 Police today charged a 31-year-old Malian with illegal entry into Italy after the deaths yesterday of three young Africans believed to have been involved in illegal traffic of African labourers to Europe. 1974Black World Feb. 56 West African elements, in particular the Malians, were installed in America before the arrival of the Europeans. |