Isma‘iliya

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(is′mā ə lēə, -mī ə-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Is•ma•‘i•li•ya  (is′mā ə lēə, -mī ə-),USA pronunciation n. [Islam.]
  1. Eastern Religionsa branch of Shi‘ism, including in its number the Assassins and the Druses, having an esoteric philosophy and asserting Isma‘il to be the seventh divinely inspired imam in the succession from Ali.
  2. Place NamesIsmailia.
  • Arabic Īsmā‘īlīyah, see Isma‘ilian

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