What does "ummah" mean?

The worldwide Muslim community.

Ummah

Common synonyms include: global muslim community, islam nation, islamic polity, islamic ummah, islamic world, muslim community.

/ˈʊmə/ noun

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Noun

1
The worldwide Muslim community.
"That concept of a united ummah has survived all subsequent divisions in Islam, including the great and so far permanent rupture between Sunni and Shī‘a [...]."
2
the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan wordnet

"I wanted to be part of the Muslim ummah."

Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”). Cognate to Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה (ʾummā, “nation”).