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Khayyám

American  
[kahy-yahm, -yam] / kaɪˈyɑm, -ˈyæm /

noun

  1. Omar. Omar Khayyám.


Khayyám British  
/ kaɪˈɑːm /

noun

  1. See Omar Khayyám

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As for Van Morrison, he begins one lyric found in “Lit Up Inside & Keep ’Er Lit: The Collected Lyrics” with “Rave on, John Donne” and goes on to refer to Kahlil Gibran, Omar Khayyam, Walt Whitman and W.B.

From The Wall Street Journal

Thursday’s launch comes after Russia put into orbit the Iranian Khayyam satellite in 2022.

From Seattle Times

He keeps a two-room Soviet-era studio off Dushanbe’s Omar Khayyam Street, where skyscrapers look down on the intimate gardens and walled labyrinths of a mahalla.

From New York Times

In June Tehran had launched a solid-fuel rocket into space and in August a Russian rocket successfully launched an Iranian Khayyam satellite into orbit.

From Seattle Times

She also noted that Russia this month had launched an Iranian “Khayyam” satellite, which has “significant spying capabilities.”

From Washington Post