NOUN | person | Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini, Khomeini, Ruholla Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini | Iranian religious leader of the Shiites |
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Meaning | Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989). | |
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Synonyms | Khomeini, Ruholla Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini | |
Instance of | religious leader | leader of a religious order |
Spanish | Ayatollah Khomeini | |
Catalan | Khomeini |
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