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Hums

British  
/ hʊms /

noun

  1. a variant of Homs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hums a low song about a bird with broken wings who learns to fly.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

Hums out I should have been scared of him.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

Mr. Aiken had joined Mr. Wilson at Hums, a new station north of Damascus, where he was bereaved of his wife before she had been six months in the field.

From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Anderson, Rufus

The city of Hums, the ancient Emessa, is situated about one mile east of the river Orontes, and about half way between Aleppo and Damascus.

From The Women of the Arabs by Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour)

Hums early became the seat of a Christian Church, and in the reign of Diocletian, its bishop, Silvanus, suffered martyrdom.

From The Women of the Arabs by Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour)

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