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Khayyám

American  
[kahy-yahm, -yam] / kaɪˈjɑm, -ˈjæm /

noun

  1. Omar. Omar Khayyám.


Khayyám British  
/ kaɪˈɑːm /

noun

  1. See Omar Khayyám

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For Mr Maggs, the story of the Great Omar chimes neatly with the theories of Omar Khayyám, whose wisdom inspired the master craftsman to commemorate the poet-philosopher in gold, jewels and leather.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2022

The jewel-encrusted edition of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám was taken aboard the RMS Titanic and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, exactly 110 years ago.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2022

Bullwinkle’s alma mater was Wossamotta U. A jeweled toy boat, the Ruby Yacht of Omar Khayyám, sailed across Veronica Lake.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2017

He hated the Omar Khayyám brigade – you know the rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the popular Persian poem translated by Edward Fitzgerald.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2013

This never seemed to be quite true of Tennyson, whose dark oriental look would rather have suggested the authorship of the Arab legend of “Antar” or of the quatrains of Omar Khayyám.

From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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