Meaning Of The Word Ashura

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Ashura in British English
noun: a Shia festival observed on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar to commemorate the death of the martyr Imam Hussein bin Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 61 ah (680 ad)

ʻAshura' in American English
noun: the tenth of the month of Muharram, an important fast day for Sunni Muslims

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