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UMMAH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ummah mean?
• UMMAH (noun)
The noun UMMAH has 1 sense:
1. the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan
Familiarity information: UMMAH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Islam Nation; Islamic Ummah; Muslim Ummah; Umma; Ummah
Context example:
moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims
Hypernyms ("Ummah" 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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