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Khamas

US/xəˈmɑs/

Khamas is the alternative form of Hamas.

Meaning of Hamas

Proper noun

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

Origin of Khamas

Borrowed from Israeli Hebrew חַמַאס (khamás), from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās).

Questions about Khamas

What is Khamas the alternative form of?
Khamas is the alternative form of Hamas.
How do you pronounce Khamas?
Khamas is pronounced /xəˈmɑs/ (US).

Words near Khamas in the dictionary

  1. khalva
  2. khalīfa
  3. Kham
  4. Khamaed
  5. khaman
  6. Khamas
  7. khamaseen
  8. khamaseens
  9. Khamba
  10. Khambhat
  11. Khambrangchak

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Khamas (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.

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