Ali

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Ali
       n 1: United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight
            championship three times (born in 1942) [syn: {Muhammad
            Ali}, {Cassius Clay}, {Cassius Marcellus Clay}]
       2: the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first
          caliph by Shiites; he was a cousin and son-in-law of


          Muhammad; after his assination Islam was divided into
          Shiite and Sunnite sects