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 Mari (; or ) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation ...

, 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; ) was an ancient Semitic people, Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Its remains form a Tell (archaeology), tell 11 kilometers north-west of Abu Kamal on the Euphrates, Euphrates River ...

, ancient Near Eastern city-state *

Mari El Mari El,; ; officially the Mari El Republic, is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia. It is in the European Russia, European region of the country, along the northern bank of the Volga River, and administratively part of the Volga Federal ...

, a

republic A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a State (polity), state in which Power (social and political), political power rests with the public (people), typically through their Representat ...

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

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), previously known as the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the Russian Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the labo ...

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

, 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 ...

(1920–1936), an administrative division of the

, and a predecessor to the

Mari ASSR 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 ...

. * 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 main goddess of the ancient Basque mythology, who is said to mainly live on the eastern slope of Mount Anboto (1,330 metr ...

, Basque goddess *Māri or

Mariamman Mariamman, often abbreviated to Amman (), is a Hindu Dravidian folk religion List of rain deities, goddess of weather, predominantly venerated in the rural areas of South India. Her festivals are held during the late summer/early autumn season ...

, Indian goddess *

Mari Native Religion Mari religion (), also called Mari paganism, is the ethnic religion of the Mari people, a Volga Finns, Volga Finnic ethnic group based in the republic of Mari El, in Russia. The religion has undergone changes over time, particularly under the inf ...

, surviving pagan religion

People and fictional characters

Mari (given name) Mari is a feminine given name in the Breton, Japanese, Syriac-Aramaic language, 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 ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *

Mari (surname) Mari or Marí (written: or ) is the surname of: * Audra Mari (born 1994), American model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder * Enzo Mari (1932–2020), Italian modernist artist and furniture designer * Iela Mari (1931–2014), Itali ...

, a list of people *

Abba Mari 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 Astruc ...

(c. 1250–c. 1306), Provençal rabbi * Ayuki Mari (摩利), a supporting character in ''Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl'' *Mari, Japanese novelist

Mori Mari was a Japanese author, best known for writing male homosexual romances. Early life and family Mari Mori was born in Hongō, Tokyo. Her father was novelist Mori Ōgai. Career Mori won the Japan Essayist Club Award in 1957 for a collection ...

(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 most populous city in the United States of America. 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 Smit ...

, 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 Osasco Voleibol Clube, Molico/Osasco. She represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in which she help ...

(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 the film ''Branded to Kill is a 1967 Japanese black comedy yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Joe Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Annu Mari and M ...

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

Mari people The Mari ( ), also formerly known as the Cheremis or Cheremisses, are a Finno-Ugric peoples, Finno-Ugric people in Eastern Europe, who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama River, Kama rivers in Russia. They live mostly in the Mari E ...

, a Volga-Finnic people *MARI, a character in the 2020 psychological horror 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, ...

, several languages *

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

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

Mari Petroleum Mari Energies Limited, formerly Mari Petroleum Company Limited, and commonly known as Mari ( ), is a Pakistani energy company based in Islamabad. It is controlled by the Fauji Foundation, which holds a 40 percent stake. It primarily operates in ...

, a Pakistani petroleum exploration and production company *

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 ...

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

The Foundry Visionmongers Foundry (registered as The Foundry Visionmongers Limited; also known under its former brand name The Foundry) is a British visual effects software development company with headquarters in London, and offices in Manchester and in Austin, Texas. ...

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

Mari Samuelsen Mari Silje Samuelsen (born 21 December 1984) is a Norwegian violinist. Early life and education Samuelsen grew up in Hamar, and began playing violin at age three at a local music school outside the city. By age four, she became a student of viol ...