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. Sarkis Naoum:

   This step( attacking rebels in the north) opens the door to an open-ended war in the region and a declared( Sunni-Shi' ite) sectarian war which could in the long term transform to a second Afghanistan for the Russians, and they wo n’t be able to win it.

2. Strobe Talbott:

   Putin is not a good strategist. He is stirring up a hornet's nest of Sunni Muslims who will hold a grudge against him, he already had an internal problem with Islamist extremism and he now has an external problem since ISIS was responsible for the Sinai plane bombing.

3. State John Kerry on Tuesday:

   It's an opportunity for us to force this question of how you actually resolve the question of Syria, and the bottom line is, you cannot resolve it without including the Sunni(s) in a political solution, a political agreement ultimately, and that will mean that you're going to have to have some kind of transition, some kind of timing. Because as long as Assad is there, you simply can't make piece. Period.

4. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter:

   This process was earlier sometimes delayed by bureaucracy in Baghdad, but occasionally also in Washington. That is why we are now expediting delivery of essential equipment and material, like anti-tank capabilities and counter-IED equipment, to the Iraqi security forces -- including Kurdish and Sunni tribal forces.

5. 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.