or Cheremis (ˌtʃɛərəˈmɪs, -ˈmiːs, ˈtʃɛərəˌmɪs, -ˌmiːs)
noun
1. Word forms: plural-miss or -mis
a member of an Ugrian people of the Volga region, esp of the Mari El Republic
2. Also called: Mari
the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family
Mari in American English
(ˈmɑːri)
nounWord forms: plural(for 1)-ris or esp collectively -ri
1.
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
2.
the Finnic language of the Mari
Also called: Cheremis, Cheremiss
Word origin
[‹ Russ mári (not declined) ‹ Mari marij Mari, man]
Examples of 'Mari' in a sentence
Mari
Mari sat facing him in her cotton camisole neatly trimmed with cheap lace.
Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE
Mari 's bewilderment lasted only a split second longer.