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ali
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Noun ali has 2 senses
- ali(n = noun.person) cassius clay, cassius marcellus clay, muhammad ali - United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942); Array is a kind of gladiator, prizefighter
- ali(n = noun.person) Array - the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites; he was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; after his assassination Islam was divided into Shiite and Sunnite sects; Array is a kind of calif, caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah
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