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Qom

Qom proper noun: a city in Iran, the seat of Qom County's Central District and the capital of Qom Province, a shrine city and center of Shi'ite seminarian learning.

Proper noun

Qom

  1. A city in Iran, the seat of Qom County's Central District and the capital of Qom Province, a shrine city and center of Shi'ite seminarian learning.
  2. A county of Iran, around the city.
  3. A province of Iran.

Noun

Qom pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of Toba (“a people of Argentina”).
    Synonyms:
    Toba

Qom meaning in Persian

Qom in Persian

city, county, and province in Iran
قم qom

Synonyms of Qom

Forms of Qom

alternative formGhom
alternative formQum
alternative formQ'um

Origin of Qom

Borrowed from Iranian Persian قم (qom), from Classical Persian قم (qum).

Questions about Qom

What does Qom mean?
Qom means a city in Iran, the seat of Qom County's Central District and the capital of Qom Province, a shrine city and center of Shi'ite seminarian learning.
What is Qom in Persian?
Qom in Persian is قم (qom). See Qom meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is Qom?
Qom can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Qom in the dictionary

  1. QOFs
  2. Qoghan
  3. Qohelet
  4. Qoheleth
  5. QOL
  6. Qom
  7. Qomolangma
  8. Qomolangma Feng
  9. qomuz
  10. qomuzes
  11. qool

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