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Shia noun
/ˈʃiː.ə/ n [C] (also Shiite) Definition
a member of the second largest religious movement within Islam, which is based on the belief that Ali, a member of Mohammed's family, and the teachers who came after him, were the true religious leaders
Shia adjective
/ˈʃiː.ə/ adj (also Shiite) describing Shias or their type of Islam
(Definition of Shia noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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