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Ali

[ah-lee, ah-lee, ah-lee]

noun

  1. ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talibthe Lion of God, a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).

  2. Mehemet Ali.

  3. Mohammed, 1909–63, Pakistani statesman and diplomat.

  4. Maulana Mohammed Ali.

  5. Muhammad Cassius (Marcellus) Clay, Jr., 1942–2016, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1964–67, 1974–78, 1978–79.



Ali

/ ˈɑːliː /

noun

  1. ?600–661 ad , fourth caliph of Islam (656–61 ad ), considered the first caliph by the Shiites: cousin and son-in-law of Mohammed

  2. See Mehemet Ali

  3. See Muhammad 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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"Who will I elect if all the opposition leaders have been blocked? There is no purpose," said Suleimani Issa Ali, a businessman.

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“There was a sense of complacency in the market for the past decade that lending is risk-free,” said Ali Meli, founder and chief investment officer of Monachil Capital Partners.

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“They depend on small groups, four or five people, for one operation,” said Siymend Ali, a spokesman for the People’s Defense Units, the main militia within the SDF alliance.

Ali and Anton This just doesn’t feel like a perfect match.

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Fast food restaurant worker Hassan Ali Tipu said it would "help us with our utilities because prices are getting high, it would help us in our daily life to meet our goal".

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