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  • Fatima
    Fatima
    noun
    a.d. 606?–632, daughter of Muhammad and wife of Ali.
  • Fátima
    Fátima
    noun
    a village in central Portugal, N of Lisbon: Roman Catholic shrine.

Fatima

1 American  
[fat-uh-muh, fah-tee-mah] / ˈfæt ə mə, ˈfɑ tiˌmɑ /

noun

  1. a.d. 606?–632, daughter of Muhammad and wife of Ali.

  2. the seventh and last wife of Bluebeard, popularly a symbol for feminine curiosity.

  3. a female given name.


Fátima 2 American  
[fah-ti-muh] / ˈfɑ tɪ mə /

noun

  1. a village in central Portugal, N of Lisbon: Roman Catholic shrine.


Fátima 1 British  
/ ˈfatimə /

noun

  1. a village in central Portugal: Roman Catholic shrine and pilgrimage centre

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Fatima 2 British  
/ ˈfætɪmə /

noun

  1. ?606–632 ad daughter of Mohammed; wife of Ali

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The success of artificial intelligence has increased investors’ appetite for technologies that once seemed futuristic, Citibank analyst Fatima Boolani said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

The 29-year-old built a 91-run partnership with Harmanpreet before finally being caught by Fatima at long-on.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

Although everyone comments on her beauty, 17-year-old Fatima prefers to tie her hair back in a ponytail, her bright eyes buried underneath a black ball cap, her body concealed in unflattering tracksuits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Citi Research analyst Fatima Boolani reaffirmed this view in April, writing that IBM’s software and hardware were entrenched “across the most critical points of the world’s largest, most complex IT infrastructures.”

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Fatima helps me fill in a form all about me: my age, date of birth, full name.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

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