xiïta

Catalan

Etymology

From xiïsme + -ita.

Pronunciation

Adjective

xiïta (masculine and feminine plural xiïtes)

  1. Shiite
    • 2016 December 1, “Alep: La batalla que va decidir el curs de la guerra a Síria”, in El Periódico:
      L'aspiració de Riad i Doha era fer caure el règim xiïta d'Assad i que aquest fos reemplaçat per un Govern dominat pels sunnites
      The aspiration of Riyadh and Doha was to make Assad's Shiite regime fall and to replace it with a government dominated by the Sunnis.

Antonyms

Noun

xiïta m or f (plural xiïtes)

  1. Shiite

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