Ummah
um·mah
noun
1.
the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan
- “moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims”
Origin
Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”). Cognate to Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה (ʾummā, “nation”).
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