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Noun: Khomeini  kow'mey-nee or xhow'mey-nee or how'mey-nee
  1. Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989)
    - Ruhollah Khomeini, Ruholla Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini

Type of: religious leader

Encyclopedia: Khomeini, Ruhollah

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