Word.ws English Dictionary

HAMAS

/həˈmæs/US/həˈmɑs/

HAMAS is the alternative form of Hamas.

Proper noun capitalized: Hamas

Hamas

  1. A Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization.
    • Hamas knew there would be massive retaliations.2009 January 13, “'Never again,' says survivor”, in Toronto Star
    • [W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times

Forms of HAMAS

alternative formKhamas
alternative formHAMAS

Origin of HAMAS

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās, literally “enthusiasm”). The all-capitalized form reflects the term's origin as the Arabic abbreviation of حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ (ḥarakat al-muqāwama l-ʔislāmiyya, “Islamic Resistance Movement”).

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās, literally “enthusiasm”), an acronym for حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ (ḥarakat al-muqāwama l-ʔislāmiyya, “Islamic Resistance Movement”).

Words formed from HAMAS

Words that rhyme with HAMAS

1 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about HAMAS

What does HAMAS mean?
HAMAS means a Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization.
What is HAMAS the alternative form of?
HAMAS is the alternative form of Hamas.
What part of speech is HAMAS?
HAMAS is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce HAMAS?
HAMAS is pronounced /həˈmɑs/ (US).

Words near HAMAS in the dictionary

  1. hamartomata
  2. hamartomatosis
  3. hamartomatous
  4. hamartomous
  5. hamartous
  6. HAMAS
  7. Hamasaki
  8. Hamasakis
  9. Hamasian
  10. Hamasien
  11. Hamasite

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: HAMAS (page history and authors); Hamas (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hamas.wav.

Cite this entry: “HAMAS.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hamas. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.