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Shia

noun

(also Shi'a) noun

NAmE//ˈʃiə//

(pl. Shia or Shias)

1[uncountable] one of the two main branches of the Islamic religion compare Sunni

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2[countable] (also Shiite, Shi'ite) a member of the Shia branch of Islam

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