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mbari

mbari noun: a ceremonial clay shrine filled with clay models of humans or deities, made by the Igbo tribe.

Noun

mbari (plural mbaris or mbari)

  1. (Africa, Nigeria, West) A ceremonial clay shrine filled with clay models of humans or deities, made by the Igbo tribe.

Proper noun capitalized: MBARI

MBARI

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

Forms of mbari

pluralmbaris
pluralmbari

Questions about mbari

What does mbari mean?
Mbari means a ceremonial clay shrine filled with clay models of humans or deities, made by the Igbo tribe.
What part of speech is mbari?
Mbari can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of mbari?
The plural of mbari is mbaris.

Words near mbari in the dictionary

  1. Mbanie Island
  2. Mbanza-Ngungu
  3. Mbappe
  4. Mbappes
  5. mbaqanga
  6. mbari
  7. mbaris
  8. MBAs
  9. Mbatha
  10. Mbaye
  11. Mbayes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mbari (page history and authors); MBARI (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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