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Wiktionary

  1. walinoun

    A provincial governor in certain Islamic countries.

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  1. WALI

    WALI (1280 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Dayton, the county seat of Rhea County, Tennessee. Established in 1957, the station's broadcast license is held by Beverly Broadcasting Company, LLC. The station broadcasts a soft adult contemporary format and is known as "Alive 96.9, Cleveland's Lite Rock", named for its FM translator, W245DZ 96.9 FM, which has its transmitter in Cleveland, Tennessee.

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  1. Wali

    Walī, is an Arabic word meaning "custodian", "protector", "helper", or authority as denoted by its definition "crown". "Wali" is someone who has "Walayah" over somebody else. For example, in fiqh, a father is wali of his children. In Islam, the phrase ولي الله walīyu l-Lāh can be used to denote one vested with the "authority of God": In English, wali most often means a Muslim saint or holy person. It should not be confused with the different word wāli which is an administrative title that means magistrate and is still used today in some Muslim countries, such as the Wali of Swat.

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  1. WALI

    What does WALI stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the WALI acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WALI

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wali is ranked #40082 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Wali surname appeared 547 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Wali.

    32.1% or 176 total occurrences were White.
    27% or 148 total occurrences were Asian.
    25.9% or 142 total occurrences were Black.
    11.8% or 65 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.9% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wali in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wali in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of wali in a Sentence

  1. Attaullah Wesa:

    Samiullah and Wali Muhammad were also arrested, they took them and tied their hands.

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  • Mustafa Shahzad
    Mustafa Shahzad
    Root word of Wali is "W L I"-
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