Synonyms for Shia
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1. Shianoun

   Synonyms:
   Shiite

2. Shianoun

   The minority branch of Islam whose followers believe that Muhammad designated his son-in-law, Ali, to succeed him as leader, and that their leaders have special sacred wisdom.

   Synonyms:
   Shiite

3. Shianoun

   One who follows Shi'ah Islam, a Shi'ite.

   Synonyms:
   Shiite

Princeton's WordNet

1. Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islamnoun

   one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran

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1. • Sect

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1. List of paraphrases for "shia":

   shiite, shiites, shias, shiah, shi, 'ites, 'ite

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1. SHIA

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How to use Shia in a sentence?

1. Jay Garner:

   If you ally with the Syrian Rebels, you’re taking on the Russians and the Kurds; if you ally yourself with Assad, you’re in a Shia alliance and 85 percent of the Middle East is Sunni, if Russia eliminates ISIS, they eliminate the Syrian rebels and the Syrian rebels should be our allies -- we need to protect them, and we need to continue to protect the Kurds.

2. Brad Pitt:

   We were driving down the road, I'm in the turret, Shia is at the other turret, and Scott Eastwood is on the back spitting [ chewing tobacco ], and I'm starting to get pissed off, I'm starting to get hot, because this is our home, he's disrespecting our home, you know ?

3. James Reese:

   I've seen them, i've seen Sunni and Shia fight together on top of a roof in Tikrit.

4. Rick Brennan:

   In the short term, you have the immediate threat of ISIS. But in the long term, the deeper threat is to Iraq’s ability to be free and independent of Iran, dependence on the Shia militias, who have sworn allegiance to the ayatollah, is a problem. The Popular Liberation Forces number about 70,000, including a core of 15,000 hardened fighters who most recently did battle at Tehran’s behest in Syria, where they fought Al Qaeda, ISIS and the Free Syrian Army, Rick Brennan said. Iraq may need their help now, but giving them an official role in the fight against ISIS could further entrench them as both a political and military force within Iraq, Rick Brennan said.

5. The Iraqi ambassador:

   These terrorist groups have desecrated all human values, they have committed the most heinous criminal terrorist acts against the Iraqi people -- whether Shia, Sunni, Christian, Turkmen.