Usually means: Islamic branch believing in Ali.
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  1. shia: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Shia, Shi'a, Shia: Merriam-Webster
  3. Shi'a, Shia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Shia: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Shia: Vocabulary.com
  6. Sh'ia, Shi'a, Shia, Shia, shia: Wordnik
  7. Shia, shia: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Shi'a, Shia: Wiktionary
  9. Shia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Shi'a, shia: Dictionary.com
  11. Shia: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. SHIA, Shi'a, Shia (disambiguation), Shia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Shia: Rhymezone
  14. shia: FreeDictionary.org
  15. shia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Shi'a, Shia: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shia: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SHIA: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shi'a, shia: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A male given name.
noun:  Alternative form of Shi'a [(usually with article) The branch of Islam that believes that Ali succeeded Muhammad as leader, and that places emphasis on the prophet's family.]

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