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Mahoma

Mahoma is the alternative spelling of Muhammad.

Meaning of Muhammad

Proper noun

Muhammad (plural Muhammads)

  1. (uncountable) The figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís.
  2. (uncountable) The 47th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
  3. (countable) A male given name from Arabic, very popular among Muslims.
  4. A surname from Arabic.

Origin of Mahoma

From Romance-language forms of the name.

Questions about Mahoma

What is Mahoma the alternative spelling of?
Mahoma is the alternative spelling of Muhammad.

Words near Mahoma in the dictionary

  1. mahoganyware
  2. mahogeney
  3. mahogeny
  4. maholla
  5. maholtine
  6. Mahoma
  7. Mahomad
  8. Mahomat
  9. Mahomed
  10. Mahomedan
  11. Mahomedanism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mahoma (page history and authors); Muhammad (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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