?600–661 ad, fourth caliph of Islam (656–61 ad), considered the first caliph by the Shiites: cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad - See Mehemet Ali
- See Muhammad Ali
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A•li
(ä′lē, ä lē′ for 1–4; ä lē′ for 5),USA pronunciation n.
- Biographical, Ancient History(‘Alī ibn-abu-Talib) ("the Lion of God'') a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- BiographicalSee Mehemet Ali.
- Biographical Mohammed, 1909–63, Pakistani statesman and diplomat.
- BiographicalSee Mohammed Ali, Maulana.
- Biographical Muhammad (Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.), born 1942, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1964–67, 1974–78, 1978–79.
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-ali-, root.
- -ali- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "other, different.'' This meaning is found in such words as: alias, alibi, alien, alienate.
'Ali' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Ali Baba
- Ali Muhammad of Shiraz
- Ali Pasha
- Ashura
- Athaliah
- Bab ed-Din
- Baha'ullah
- Bahaullah
- Baha’i
- Baron-Cohen
- Bourguiba
- Brenton
- Catalina Island
- Clay
- Fatima
- Fatimid
- Frazier
- Haidar Ali
- Hasan
- Hashimite
- Husain
- Husayn ‘Alī Mīrzā
- Husein ibn-Ali
- Hussein
- Hyder Ali
- Ibrahim Pasha
- Imamite
- Ioánnina
- Isma‘iliya
- Jinnah
- Khamenei
- Mameluke
- Mazar-e-Sharif
- Mehemet Ali
- Mohammed Ali
- Muhammad Ali
- Najaf
- Nizam al-Mulk
- Porte
- Rafsanjani
- Sanusi
- Shia
- Shi‘ite
- Smith
- Sudan
- aalii
- alicyclic
- alien
- alimony
- aliquant