Jinnah

American  

[jin-uh] / ˈdʒɪn ə /

noun

1. Mohammed Ali Quaid-i-Azam, 1876–1948, Muslim leader in India: first governor general of Pakistan 1947–48.

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Jinnah British  

/ ˈdʒɪnə /

noun

1. Mohammed Ali 1876–1948, Indian Muslim statesman. He campaigned for the partition of India into separate Hindu and Muslim states, becoming first governor general of Pakistan (1947–48)

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Example Sentences

The nizam juggled between his obligations to the colonial raj and to India’s rising pro-independence leaders Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Jinnah managed to save his client from the death penalty.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

“Federally funded research is a very good idea—and the only way this work ideally should be funded,” says Sikina Jinnah, who studies geoengineering governance at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 13, 2023

Jinnah went on to become Pakistan’s founding father.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2023

Papa says it was a group decision between Lord Mountbatten for the British, Jinnah for the Muslims, and Nehru for everyone else.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani