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Gender Masculine
Usage Indonesian, Malay, Nigerian, Fula, Hausa
Scripts سنوسي(Malay Jawi)
Other Forms FormsSanusie, Sanusy
Meaning & History
From Arabic سَنُوسِيّ (sannūsī), the name of a Sufi order and clan that existed in Libya and the Sudan region. The sect was named after its founder, Muslim theologian Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi (1787-1859).