Ismaʿiliya

[is-mey-uh-lee-uh, ‐mahy-uh]

Is·ma·ʿi·li·ya

[is-mey-uh-lee-uh, ‐mahy-uh]
noun Islam.
1.
a branch of Shiʿism, including in its number the Assassins and the Druses, having an esoteric philosophy and asserting Ismaʿil to be the seventh divinely inspired imam in the succession from Ali.

Origin:
< Arabic Īsmāʿīlīyah, see Ismaʿilian
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Ismaʿiliya has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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