Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


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)
    - Ruholla Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini

Type of: religious leader

Encyclopedia: Khomeini Khomeini, Ayatollah

Nearest

khi
khimar
Khios
Khirghiz
Khmer
Khmer Rouge
Khoikhoi
Khoikhoin
Khoisan
Khoisan language
Khomeini
khoum
Khowar
Khrushchev
Khuen
Khufu
khukuri
Khyber Pass
kHz
ki
Ki