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Fat⋅i⋅ma

[fat-uh-muh, fah-tee-mah]
–noun
1. a.d. 606?–632, daughter of Muhammad and wife of Ali.
2. the seventh and last wife of Bluebeard, popularly a symbol for feminine curiosity.
3. a female given name.

Fá⋅ti⋅ma

[fah-ti-muh]
–noun
a village in central Portugal, N of Lisbon: Roman Catholic shrine.
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Fat·i·ma also Fat·i·mah   (fāt'ə-mə)   
Daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She married Ali, among the first to embrace Islam, and is regarded by Muslims as one of the Four Perfect Women.
Fá·ti·ma   (fāt'ə-mə)   
A village of west-central Portugal north-northeast of Lisbon. It became a pilgrimage site after the reported appearance of the Virgin Mary to three children in 1917.
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