Alawi
noun
Ala·wi
| \ ˈä-lə-wē
, ˈä-lä-\
, ˈä-lä-\
variants:
or less commonly Alawite \ ˌa-lə-ˈwēt
\
\
Definition of Alawi
: a member of a religious sect living mainly in Syria that originated in Shiite Islam but separated from other Shiite groups in the ninth and tenth centuries
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