mali

Other forms of mali

plural

malis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mali

What does mali mean?

mali means "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".

How many syllables are in mali?

mali has 2 syllables: ma-li. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ˈmɑli/.

What is another word for mali?

Close synonyms include Republic of Mali, French Sudan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mali a common word?

mali is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mali?

3 words rhyme with mali. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.