ali

Noun ali has 2 senses

• ali(n = noun.person) cassius clay, cassius marcellus clay, muhammad ali - United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942);
is a kind of gladiator, prizefighter

• ali(n = noun.person) - 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 assassination Islam was divided into Shiite and Sunnite sects;
is a kind of calif, caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah