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al-Qaʼida

al-Qaʼida is the alternative spelling of al-Qaeda.

Meaning of al-Qaeda

Proper noun

al-Qaeda

  1. A worldwide network of militant Sunni Islamic organizations and individuals.
    • Terror groups linked to al Qaeda and ISIS have been active in Niger for years.2023 March 20, Kylie Atwood, “American citizen held hostage for 6 years in West Africa has been freed”, in CNN

Questions about al-Qaʼida

What is al-Qaʼida the alternative spelling of?
Al-Qaʼida is the alternative spelling of al-Qaeda.

Words near al-Qaʼida in the dictionary

  1. Al-Nassr
  2. al-Qaeda
  3. al-Qaedaesque
  4. al-Qaedaism
  5. al-Qaida
  6. al-Qaʼida
  7. Al-Quds
  8. Al-Quds Day
  9. Al-Raqad syndrome
  10. al-Raqqa
  11. Al-Raqqah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: al-Qaʼida (page history and authors); al-Qaeda (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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