Mali definition

mälē
(slang) Pure MDMA.
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Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.
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Country in W Africa, south & east of Mauritania: a former French territory (French Sudan), it joined the French Community as the autonomous Sudanese Republic (1958); it joined with Senegal to form the Mali Federation (1959); union dissolved & full independence proclaimed (1960): 478,767 sq mi (1,240,000 sq km); cap. Bamako.
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A country of western Africa. The site of several powerful states, including the Mali (flourished 14th century) and the Songhai (flourished 15th–16th century), Mali became part of French West Africa in the 19th century and achieved independence in 1960. Bamako is the capital and the largest city.
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Noun

Singular:
mali
Plural:
malis

Origin of mali

  • Inherits its name from the Mali Empire, in turn from Mandinka or Bambara mali (“hippopotamus").

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Mali Sentence Examples

  • This village is three kilometers from the border with Mali, and has a fairly barren, Saharan aspect.

  • Mali raised concerns over the practice of female genital mutilation and Botswana was criticized because it retains the death penalty and prohibits homosexuality.

  • Paulo de Moraes Farias is engaged in the study of Arabic medieval epigraphy in Mali.

  • They arrive bearing the imprint of landscapes, from a shore to a night sky, from Mali to the Solomon Islands.

  • Sleeping sickness was first described in the fourteenth century in what is now the country of Mali.

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