Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- 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. Population: 12,000,000.
Wiktionary
- n. Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years
Etymologies
- Inherits its name from the Mali Empire, in turn from Mandinka or Bambara mali ("hippopotamus"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In the case of mali this has already meant the establishment of full diplomatic relations, a doubling of bilateral trade and the initiation of major South African investment projects in Mali.”
“MALI: US army begins anti-terrorist training Flintlock in nothern Mali”
WN.com - Articles related to U.S. sees food security as next big Africa push
“WEST AFRICA MALI touré, his excellency president amadou toumani Touré is the president of Mali.”
“And Mali, the Thai word for jasmine, was an overwhelming winner among five choices.”
“The rotavirus vaccine is now available in Mali, Ghana, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Nicaragua.”
“I'm picking up a lot about China's aid in Mali – there is lots of it – and a lot more on migration.”
“Some of the huts reminded me of the very square mud structures I'd seen in Mali, and others were bigger, taller structures -- the driver explained it was because the Arab Shua people who dominate this area are so tall.”
“For example, Mali is now spending 11% of its total budget on agriculture, Burkina Faso 15% and Ethiopia 17%.”
The Huffington Post: The MDG Advocates: Africa must feed itself
“Boukary trains villagers in Mali to use the Internet.”
Global Voices in English » Translator of the week: Boukary Konaté in Mali
“He now owns football schools in Mali, Ghana, Madagascar, Egypt and Algeria.”
Young African Football Players Are a Hot Commodity in Europe | Impact Lab
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INTERP - languages
This is not a scientific list based on unified criteria, the sole aim was to collect as many language names as possible.
The list contains the names of the following artificial langua...Abkhazian, Achinese, Acoli, Adangme, Adyghe, Afar, Afrikaans, Ainu, Akan, Albanian, Amharic, Angika and 8674 more...
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AFET - ACP countries
Zambia, Senegal, Ghana, Vanuatu, Togo, Gabon, Tanzania, Lesotho, Uganda, Tuvalu, Sudan, Fiji and 68 more...
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places to avoid
I stumbled across some horrible pictures on the net which prompted me to start this list because I don't ever want to go to the place where those pictures came from and see any of those people. So...
Banyuwangi, Iraq, Sanggau Ledo, Mauritania, Chad, Mali, Sri Lanka, Somalia, Syria, Sudan, Pakistan, Yemen and 13 more...
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