Synonyms for Sunni
ˈsʊn i; ˈsʊn aɪtsun·ni

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1. Sunninoun

   Synonyms:
   Sunnite

Princeton's WordNet

1. Sunnite, Sunni, Sunni Muslimnoun

   a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad

2. Sunni, Sunni Islamnoun

   one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam

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1. • Muslim
   • Sect

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1. List of paraphrases for "sunni":

   sunnis, sunnite, sunita, year, al-sunna, sunnites, sunni-dominated, suny, sania, sunna

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1. Michele Flournoy:

   The people with the political will to fight are the Sunni tribes, and we have got to ensure that our efforts are directed at helping them.

2. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad:

   That’s something I want to hear from my counterparts over the next couple of days. How can we get them in the game. I have long said that Arabs, and Sunni Arabs, need to get in the game.

3. Sadoun Muhsin al-Kilabi:

   It has no sectarian dimension. It only has a security dimension: to protect the people, Sunni and Shi'ite alike, from the destruction of Daesh.

4. Michael Pregent:

   If you withdraw from Syria, you will have an ISIS resurgence in 2020 as you run and Iran will be entrenched and threatening our Sunni allies in the region, that's the biggest way to get to The President.

5. Fredric Wehrey:

   It did stir a lot of ambivalence and even outright criticism from people who say, 'Well you know, ISIS is bad but at least ISIS is standing up to the Shiites and the Iranian menace,' now this war on the Houthis is a godsend to them because they are able to stir up this new Saudi nationalism, this pan-Sunni fervor, and it's to show they are defending the Sunnis... for domestic benefit.