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Qumran

UK/kʊmˈɹɑːn/US/kʊmˈɹæn/

Qumran proper noun: a region on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.

Proper noun

Qumran

  1. A region on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.

Origin of Qumran

From Arabic قُمْرَان (qumrān).

Words formed from Qumran

Questions about Qumran

What does Qumran mean?
Qumran means a region on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
What part of speech is Qumran?
Qumran is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Qumran?
Qumran is pronounced /kʊmˈɹɑːn/ (UK).

Words near Qumran in the dictionary

  1. Qumis
  2. qumix
  3. qumixes
  4. qumode
  5. qumodes
  6. Qumran
  7. Qumran Aramaic
  8. Qumranic
  9. Quneitra
  10. qungua
  11. Qungzusian

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