Alawite

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

Alawite (plural Alawites)

(Islam) A member of a mystical Shiite Islamic group that reveres Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Synonym: Nusayri
A person raised in the Alawite culture.

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Translations

Finnish: alaviitti
French: alaouite (fr) m or f
German: Alawit m, Alawitin f
Greek: Αλαουίτης m (Alaouítis)
Kazakh: Нусайрилік (Nusairilık)
Portuguese: alauíta m or f, alawita m or f
Swedish: alawit c
Turkish: Nusayrî

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