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Qaeda

Qaeda is the clipping 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

Phrases with Qaeda

Questions about Qaeda

What is Qaeda the clipping of?
Qaeda is the clipping of al-Qaeda.

Words near Qaeda in the dictionary

  1. Qadirs
  2. qadis
  3. Qadjar
  4. Qadri
  5. Qadris
  6. Qaeda
  7. Qafar
  8. qafila
  9. qafilah
  10. qafilahs
  11. qafilas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Qaeda (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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