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Plural of mafia

regular plural

The plural of mafia is mafias.

Forms of mafia

Singularmafia /ˈmɑfi.ə/
Pluralmafias
Countablecountable

Mafias in a sentence

  • Back in that day, mafias ran the numbers games and there was no such thing as a state lottery.From the entry numbers game
  • Typically these are artistic, intellectual and bohemian milieus, but also the world of international business and high finance, and some mafias and underworlds.1999, Sami Zubaida, “Cosmopolitanism and the Middle East”, in Roel Meijer, editor, Cosmopolitanism, Identity and Authenticity in the…. From the entry milieu

Meaning of mafia

  1. noun A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
  2. noun A crime syndicate.
  3. noun A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.

Full definition of mafia

Questions about the plural of mafia

What is the plural of mafia?
The plural of mafia is mafias.
Is mafia countable?
Mafia is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mafia (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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