Hama

American  

[hah-mah, hah-mah] / ˈhɑ mɑ, hɑˈmɑ /

noun

1. a city in W Syria, on the Orontes River.

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Hama British  

/ ˈhɑːmɑː /

noun

1. Biblical name: Hamath.  a city in W Syria, on the Orontes River: an early Hittite settlement; famous for its huge water wheels, used for irrigation since the Middle Ages. Pop: 439 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

The prosecutor alleged that Hamo had participated in the division’s indiscriminate attacks on military and civilian targets in and around the Syrian cities of Homs and Hama.

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In March, Swiss prosecutors indicted Rifat Assad, the president’s uncle and a former Syrian vice president, for allegedly ordering murder and torture more than four decades ago to crush a Muslim Brotherhood uprising in the city of Hama where thousands were killed.

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The incident sparked international outrage and put Israel on the defensive about its conduct in its six-month-old war against Hama s.

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Philip Stielstra, a 77-year-old former Boeing consultant, has visited the stand of redwoods on Hood Canal many times with Dave Robbins, the former manager of the Hama Hama Co., who planted the trees as a sort of experiment.

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The U.N. noted that the delivery was “the biggest humanitarian convoy received” in Gaza since Hama attacked Israel on Oct.

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