Fatima

¹

[fat-uh-muh, fah-tee-mah]

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

[fah-ti-muh]

noun

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

Fátima

¹

/ ˈfatimə /

noun

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

Fatima

²

/ ˈfætɪmə /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Fatima Al-Wardi, a 30-year-old Iraqi Muslim who runs a humanitarian project in Baghdad, had never seen the sea before the voyage.

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England's Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones are bowled by Pakistan's Diana Baig and Fatima Sana in the second and third over respectively at the Cricket World Cup.

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Any optimism that 38-year-old Fatima Salem might have felt when Israeli forces withdrew from her neighbourhood in Gaza City was shattered when she returned home to find it gone.

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Fatima Sana's side had only won three matches at a World Cup and were heavily beaten by Bangladesh in their first game at this tournament last week.

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Fatima, a member of Girlguiding's youth steering group, said the new badges showed how the programme was "always evolving with us".

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