Mari may refer to:

Places

Mari, Paraíba Mari is a municipality (Brazil), municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Paraíba References

Municipalities in Paraíba {{P ...

, Brazil, a city * Mari, Cyprus, a village *Mari, Greece, a village, site of ancient town of Marius * Mari, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran * Mari, Punjab, a village and a union council in Pakistan *

Mari, Syria Mari (Cuneiform: , ''ma-riki'', modern Tell Hariri; ar, تل حريري) was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Its remains form a tell 11 kilometers north-west of Abu Kamal on the Euphrates River western bank, some 120&n ...

, ancient Near Eastern city-state *

Mari El The Mari El Republic (russian: Респу́блика Мари́й Эл, ''Respublika Mariy El''; Meadow Mari: ; Hill Mari: ) is a republic of Russia. It is in the European Russia region of the country, along the northern bank of the Volga Rive ...

, a

republic A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Mari ASSR) ( Mari: Марий Автоном Совет Социализм Республик, ''Mariy Avtonom Sovet Sotsializm Respublik'') was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR, succeeding ...

(1936–1990), an administrative division of the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

, and a predecessor to the

mentioned above. **

Mari Autonomous Oblast The Mari Autonomous Oblast was created on November 4, 1920, as a region of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. In 1936 it was re-established as the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which dissolved in 1990, then developing i ...

(1920–1936), an administrative division of the

, and a predecessor to the Mari ASSR. * Mari (crater), an impact crater on Mars

Religion

Mari (goddess) Mari, also called Mari Urraca, Anbotoko Mari ("the lady of Anboto"), and Murumendiko Dama ("lady of Murumendi") is the goddess of the Basques. She is married to the god Sugaar (also known as Sugoi or Maju). Legends connect her to the weather: ...

, Basque goddess *Māri or

Mariamman Mariamman, often abbreviated to Amman, is a Hindu goddess of rain, predominantly venerated in the rural areas of South India. Her festivals are held during the late summer/early autumn season of Ādi throughout Tamil Nadu and the Deccan region, ...

, Indian goddess *

Mari Native Religion The Mari religion ( Mari: Чимарий йӱла, ''Čimarii jüla''), also known as Mari paganism, is the ethnic religion of the Mari people, a Volga Finnic ethnic group based in the republic of Mari El, in Russia. The religion has undergone cha ...

, surviving pagan religion

People and fictional characters

Mari (given name) Mari is a feminine given name in the Breton, Japanese, Armenian, Estonian, Georgian, Hungarian, Finnish, Welsh, Swedish and Norwegian languages. It is also a devotional given name in Tamil. It can be seen as a cognate of Mary in Danish, Finnish, ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Mari (surname), a list of people *

Abba Mari Rabbi Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph, was a Provençal rabbi, born at Lunel, near Montpellier, towards the end of the 13th century. He is also known as Yarhi from his birthplace (Hebrew ''Yerah'', i.e. moon, lune), and he further took the name ...

(c. 1250–c. 1306), Provençal rabbi *

Ayuki Mari The '' Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl'' anime and manga features a cast of characters created by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Yukimaru Katsura. The series takes place in the fictional Kashima ward in Tokyo, Japan, and the storyline follows th ...

(摩利), a supporting character in ''Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl'' *Mari, Japanese novelist

Mori Mari was a Japanese writer. New York University Professor Keith Vincent has called her a "Japanese Electra", referring to the Electra complex counterpart put forth by Carl Jung to Sigmund Freud's Oedipal complex. Early life and family Mari Mori w ...

(茉莉, 1903–1987) *

Mari (musician) Mari Burelle-Valencia (born April 4, 1985, as Mari Jacqueline Burelle), who goes by the stage name stylized as MARi, is an American Christian musician and pianist, who primarily plays a style of Christian EDM. She has released one musical work, ...

(born 1985), Christian musician *

La Mari LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

, stage name of Spanish singer María del Mar Rodríguez Carnero (born 1975) *

Marianne Steinbrecher Marianne Steinbrecher (born August 23, 1983) is a Brazilian volleyball player, who plays as a wing spiker at Molico/Osasco. She represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in which she helped her country win t ...

(born 1983), Brazilian volleyball player known as Mari *

Annu Mari is a Japanese actress best known in the West for her role as the femme fatale in ''Branded to Kill is a 1967 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Joe Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Annu Mari and Mariko Ogawa. The story fo ...

(真理, born 1948), Indo–Japanese actress born Vasanthidevi Sheth *

Mari people The Mari ( chm, мари; russian: марийцы, mariytsy) are a Finnic people, who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia. Almost half of Maris today live in the Mari El republic, with significant populations in the ...

, a Volga-Finnic people *

Mar Mari Emmanuel Mari Emmanuel (born 19 July 1970) is an Iraqi-born Assyrian Australian Metropolitan bishop of the Ancient Assyrian Church of the East who presides over the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand. Early life Mar Mari Emmanuel was born Robert Shl ...

(born 1970), an Assyrian Australian metropolitan bishop *MARI, a character from the video game '' OMORI''

Other uses

Mari language (disambiguation) The Mari language is a Uralic language spoken in parts of Russia. Mari language may also mean: *Mari language (Madang Province), an Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea *Mari language (Sepik), a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea *Mari, or ...

, several languages *

Battle of Mari The Battle of Mari, also called the Disaster of Mari, was a battle between the Mamluks of Egypt and the Armenians of Cilician Armenia on 24 August 1266. Battle The conflict started when the Mamluk Sultan Baibars, seeking to take advantage of the ...

, a battle between the Mamluks of Egypt and the Armenians of Cilician Armenia in 1266 *

Mari Petroleum Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL) ( ur, ) is a Pakistani petroleum exploration and production company based in Islamabad, Pakistan. The company is controlled by the Fauji Foundation with 40 percent shares.Mari (Noh play) is a Noh play that is no longer part of the current repertoire.Plays outside the current repertoire and that are no longer performed are referred to as . The noh play ''Mari'' is distinct from the kyōgen or comic Noh interlude . A Japanese text o ...

- The Football *Mari, a 3D painting and texturing software by

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*''Mari'', a 2019 album by classical violinist Mari Samuelsen