Ali

A·li

[ah-lee, ah-lee for 1–4; ah-lee for 5]
noun
1.
( ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God" ) a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
3.
Mohammed, 1909–63, Pakistani statesman and diplomat.
5.
Muhammad ( Cassius (Marcellus) Clay, Jr ) born 1942, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1964–67, 1974–78, 1978–79.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Ali (ˈɑːliː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
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

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