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Zanzam

Zanzam is the alternative form of Zamzam.

Meaning of Zamzam

Proper noun

Zamzam

  1. An Islamic holy well in Mecca, supposed to have been miraculously generated by Allah when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was crying for water.
    • The water companies did not bring it in huge plastic tubs. Instead, they would load tankers with Zamzam water from the well inside the Kaaba complex, and use that to fill up the dispenser shared by the two rooms.2025, Banu Mushtaq, “The Shroud”, in Deepa Bhasthi, transl., Heart Lamp, And Other Stories, page 174

Questions about Zanzam

What is Zanzam the alternative form of?
Zanzam is the alternative form of Zamzam.

Words near Zanzam in the dictionary

  1. zanyisms
  2. zanytwt
  3. zanza
  4. zanzack
  5. zanzacks
  6. Zanzam
  7. zanzas
  8. zanze
  9. zanzes
  10. zanzhi
  11. zanziacbeg

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