AIAI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does AIAI mean? 

• AIAI (noun)
  The noun AIAI has 1 sense:

1. a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries

  Familiarity information: AIAI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIAI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

AIAI; al-Itihaad al-Islamiya; al Itihaad al Islamiya; Islamic Unity

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Somalia (a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare)