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UMMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan
Example:
moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims
Synonyms:
Islam Nation; Islamic Ummah; Muslim Ummah; Umma; Ummah
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Umma" is a kind of...):
community (a group of people living in a particular local area)
Domain category:
Islam; Islamism; Mohammedanism; Muhammadanism; Muslimism (the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
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