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Sanusi

[ suh-noo-see ]
/ səˈnu si /

noun, plural Sa·nu·sis, (especially collectively) Sa·nu·si.

a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.

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Origin of Sanusi

named after Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanūsī (died 1859), Algerian founder of the sect

Words nearby Sanusi

Santorini, Santorini's duct, Santos, Santos-Dumont, Santo Tomé de Guayana, Sanusi, sanyasi, SANZAR, São Bernardo do Campo, São Caetano do Sul, São Carlos
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