Qum


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Qum

 (ko͝om)
See Qom.
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Qum

(kʊm)
n
(Placename) a variant of Qom
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Qom

or Qum

(kʊm)

n.
a city in NW Iran, SW of Teheran. 780,453.
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Noun1.Qum - a city in northwestern Iran; a place of pilgrimage for Shiite Muslims
Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia - a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
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