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  • ummah
    ummah
    noun
    the Islamic community.
  • Ummah
    Ummah
    noun
    the Muslim community throughout the world

ummah

American  
[uhm-uh] / ˈʌm ə /
Or umma

noun

Islam.

  1. the Islamic community.

Ummah British  
/ ˈumə /

noun

  1. the Muslim community throughout the world

"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

Etymology

Origin of ummah

1880–85; < Arabic: literally, nation

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