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I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I've still got it somewhere.
Damian Marley

Meaning of "Shiah" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHIAH

From Arabic shī`ah sect, from shā`a to follow.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SHIAH

Shiah  [ˈʃiːə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIAH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shiah can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SHIAH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shiah

Shia Islam

The Shia represent the second largest denomination of Islam and adherents of Shia Islam are called Shias or the Shi'a as a collective or Shi'i individually. Shi'a is the short form of the historic phrase Shīʻatu ʻAlī meaning "followers", "faction" or "party" of Muhammad's son-in-law and cousin Ali, whom the Shia believe to be Muhammad's successor in the Caliphate. Twelver Shia is the largest branch of Shia Islam and the term Shia Muslim is often taken to refer to Twelvers by default. Shia Muslims constitute 10-20% of the world's Muslim population and 38% of the Middle East's entire population. Shi'i Islam is based on the Quran and the message of the Islamic prophet Muhammad attested in hadith recorded by the Shia, and certain books deemed sacred to the Shia. Shia consider Ali to have been divinely appointed as the successor to Muhammad, and as the first Imam.

Definition of Shiah in the English dictionary

The definition of Shiah in the dictionary is one of the two main branches of Islam, making up a tenth or more of the entire Muslim population, and forming the majority in Iran and Iraq, which regards Mohammed's cousin Ali and his successors as the true imams. Other definition of Shiah is designating or characteristic of this sect or its beliefs and practices.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHIAH


Bahia
bəˈhiːə
diarrhea
ˌdaɪəˈriːə
freer
ˈfriːə
galleria
ˌɡæləˈriːə
Hialeah
ˌhaɪəˈliːə
jamahiriya
dʒəˌmɑːhɪˈriːə
Korea
kəˈriːə
Nicosia
ˌnɪkəˈsiːə
Odia
əˈdiːə
Oea
ˈiːə
Oriya
ɒˈriːə
ossia
əʊˈsiːə
pizzeria
ˌpiːtsəˈriːə
ria
ˈriːə
rupiah
ruːˈpiːə
sangria
sæŋˈɡriːə
sharia
ʃəˈriːə
Shia
ˈʃiːə
skier
ˈskiːə
tortilla
tɔːˈtiːə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIAH

Shetland sheepdog
Shetland wool
Shetlander
sheuch
sheugh
sheva
Sheva Brachoth
Sheva Brochos
Shevardnadze
Shevat
shew
shewbread
shewel
shewer
shewn
SHF
shh
shhh
Shia

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIAH

alleluiah
chanukiah
dahabiah
halleluiah
hanukiah
Hezekiah
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Josiah
Messiah
Nehemiah
Obadiah
Offiah
pariah
Uriah
Zachariah
Zechariah
Zedekiah
Zephaniah

Synonyms and antonyms of Shiah in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Shiah» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHIAH

Find out the translation of Shiah to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Shiah from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Shiah» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

什叶派
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chiítas
570 millions of speakers

English

Shiah
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Shiah
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الشياح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шиитов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Shiah
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Shiah
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shiah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シーア派
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Shiah
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shiah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Shiah
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Shiah
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Shiah
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Shiah
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Shiah
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шиїтів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Shiah
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Shiah
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Shiah
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Shia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Shiah
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Shiah

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIAH»

The term «Shiah» is regularly used and occupies the 79.671 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIAH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Shiah

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QUOTES WITH «SHIAH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Shiah.
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Damian Marley
I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I've still got it somewhere.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIAH»

Discover the use of Shiah in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Shiah and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Triad Societies: Western Accounts of the History, Sociology ...
They were known as the "Twelvers" or Imamias and represent the "orthodox" Shiah doctrine. The left school or Seveners pursued a vagrant course which is best shown in the following table of the early Khalifat succession and the schisms  ...
Kingsley Bolton, Christopher Hutton, 2000
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Sonq Dynasty Musical Sources and Their Interpretation
... characters huanntour ^M., chorngtourWJK, wang (?) shiah 3ZT, woei W., san- fan HS, and so forth, are written in the music and presumably are used to indicate various methods of repetition. The chart below shows their location in the pieces.
Rulan Chao Pian, 1967
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Dictionary Of Modern Arab Histor
al-DAWAH erate nationalist, courteous, diplomatic and highly cultured but not a forceful character. al-DAWAH (Iraq) Literally “the Islamic Call” was a Shiah group formed in the Holy City of Najaf in the late 1960s. It was inspired by the teachings  ...
Bidwell,, 2012
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A Different Kind of War: The UN Sanctions Regime in Iraq
We did hear of occasional Shiah uprisings which were apparently quickly quelled by the Iraqi authorities. Among the religious taboos was the prohibition of distributing reproductions of Shiah shrines and religious sites. This I discovered when ...
Graf Hans-Christof Sponeck, 2006
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Dictionary of Modern Arab History: An A to Z of Over 2,000 ...
al-DAWAH erate nationalist, courteous, diplomatic and highly cultured but not a forceful character. al-DAWAH (Iraq) Literally “the Islamic Call” was a Shiah group formed in the Holy City of Najaf in the late 1960s. It was inspired by the teachings  ...
Robin Leonard Bidwell, 1998
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Muslim Endowments and Society in British India
Indeed, not until 1842 did the courts even recognize a distinction between Sunni and Shiah. Hanafi opinion generally accepted an endowment which became effective when its creator died. But what was the Shiah view? Using Arabic texts by ...
Gregory C. Kozlowski, 2008
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Journey from Tehran to Chicago: My Life in Iran and the ...
As the rift between Shiah and Sunni advanced the Shiahs more forcefully advocated Ali as a rightful caliph and true successor of and anointed by the Prophet. After the death of the second and third caliphs and the change in the authority of the ...
H. Dizadji, 2010
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The A to Z of Iran
Ali died in 661, providing the first martyr for the Shiah community. He is revered for his courage, knowledge, humility, and wisdom. Devotion to Ali forms the spiritual foundation for Shiah belief. Though his martyrdom was tragic, it was the  ...
John H. Lorentz, 2010
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A Grammar of Spoken Chinese
Thus, corresponding to bound localizers shiah and way, there are the place words JB, T dii.shiah24 and P^^x- way.tou, respectively, so that one can say :Jsj- jfc. f hae-dii. shiah 'under the sea' and /6#L^-& woan-way .tou 'outside the bowl'.
Yuen Ren Chao, 1968
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The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion
Although Sunni Muslims vastly outnumber the Shiah today, and are usually referred to by Western scholars as "orthodox" as opposed to the "heterodoxy" of the Shiah, Shiah Islam has a long and respected tradition, a tradition that only recently ...
William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIAH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Shiah is used in the context of the following news items.
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Iraqi troops launch offensive against Islamic State in Anbar
Members of Iraq's Shiah paramilitaries launch a rocket towards Islamic State militants on the outskirts of the city of Falluja, in the province of Anbar, Iraq. «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
2
Curb flow of militants into Iraq, urges top Shiah cleric
File picBAGHDAD, July 10 ― Iraq's top Shiah cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said today regional states were not doing enough to stop the flow of militants ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
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Kuwaitis show unity after deadly Shiah mosque blast
Shiahs, who make up about a third of the oil-rich Gulf state's 1.3 million citizens, have complained in the past of discrimination in the Sunni-ruled emirate. «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
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In audio clip, Islamic State's bomber posthumously criticises Shiah
The speaker criticises Shiah Muslims and says they can expect revenge for what he terms insulting Islam. Kuwaiti authorities have identified the bomber as Fahd ... «Malay Mail Online, Jun 15»
5
Islamic State's Saudi branch calls for clearing Arabian Peninsula of …
Reuters picDUBAI, May 30 ― Saudi Arabia's branch of militant group Islamic State has said it wants to clear the Arabian Peninsula of Shiah Muslims and urged ... «Malay Mail Online, May 15»
6
Iraqi PM: Shiah paramilitaries force Islamic State out of Tikrit
Shiah paramilitary fighters hold an Islamist State flag which they pulled down in Tikrit March 31, 2015. ― Reuters picTIKRIT (Iraq), April 1 ― Iraqi troops aided by ... «Malay Mail Online, Mar 15»
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Stilkritik: Auch Shiah LaBeouf trägt nun ein Zöpfchen
Man könnte beinahe meinen, Flechtfrisuren bei Männern seien der neueste Trend - vielleicht, so zumindest unsere Theorie, wollen sie damit besonders ... «DIE WELT, Mar 15»
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Death toll in Pakistan Shiah mosque attack rises to 22
Men and security officials stand amidst debris after an explosion in a Shiah mosque in Peshawar, February 13, 2015. — Reuters picPESHAWAR, Feb 14 — The ... «Malay Mail Online, Feb 15»
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Late South Brunswick goal leads to tie against Old Bridge
South Brunswick's Thomas Shiah, assisted by Tyler Allen and Steven Borke, took a shot, which was deflected off a skate and into the net with 2:21 left in the third ... «MyCentralJersey.com, Feb 15»
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$25925000 for a Perch Above Central Park
Patricia Shiah of Stribling & Associates brought the buyer, whose identity was shielded under the limited liability company 737 Park Apartment. Big Ticket ... «New York Times, Feb 15»

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