Mali
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4.1
- proper noun
- /ˈmɑːli/
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Malí
- Over ninety-five percent of the wood and terracotta sculptures coming out of Mali are imitative of ancient objects.
- Bamako, Mali
- mosques in Mali
- antiquities in Mali
In his efforts in field work, it led him to work in four dozen countries, including Nepal, Mali, Bangladesh and Haiti.
- In his efforts in field work, it led him to work in four dozen countries, including Nepal, Mali, Bangladesh and Haiti.
- The caliphate wave includes Syria, Iraq, Mali, Somalia, Burkina Faso.
- I think the Dogon people were ethnically from Mali.
- The war spread from Libya into Mali, Chad, Niger, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Nigeria.
- And you know the I mean, you went to Mali, which is a permissive environment, correct?
- So it's some of this these ancient sage from summer made it to Mali, Africa.
- Today we'll be opening some presents from Mali nation and the presents are nothing.
Examples
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Research for this article was conducted in Bamako, Mali, in 1990-91, and was funded by a Fulbright-Hays Research Grant.
Academic text (1994) -
Well over twenty trips later, the attraction to Mali and her people endures.
Academic text (1995) -
And, you know, and then in Mali, you know, in the northern section of the country, really beautiful.
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This is the story of the rise of the Mali Empire.
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And this is the site in Mali of what used to be one of the largest lakes in Africa.
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Can the opposing groups work together for the good of Mali and the education of us all?
Academic text (1995) -
After all, the one thing we had plenty of in Mali was time for conversation with our Malian neighbors.
Academic text (2008) -
Efforts to improve agricultural production in Mali would require a long-term, integrated approach that emphasized soil conservation.
Academic text (2008) -
Unschooled, he speaks fluent French and very good English, and, like most people in Mali, four native languages.
Fiction book (2002) -
The ancient city of Timbuktu, located in Mali, was once a major center of trade and learning.
Synonyms
A country in northwestern Africa with no coast that became independent from France in 1960
Compounds
A country in northwestern Africa with no coast that became independent from France in 1960
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mali comes from a West African language and from the name of the old Mali Empire; one common idea is that it comes from a Manding word meaning 'hippopotamus' or 'place of the king'. So the country's name Mali keeps that long history and its famous cities like Timbuktu.