Qom

American  

[koom] / kʊm /

Or Qum

noun

1. a city in NW Iran, SW of Teheran, on the Qom river.

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Qom British  

/ kɒm /

noun

1. a city in NW central Iran: a place of pilgrimage for Shiite Muslims. Pop: 1 045 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Footage has also shown protests in Qom in central Iran and Mashhad in the north-east, both of which have traditionally hosted populations extremely loyal to the Islamic Republic.

From BBC

In one example among many, beginning in 2002 the IRGC’s Qomrud project diverted water from tributaries of the Dez River, flowing through southwestern Iran, to the religious power center of Qom in central Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the height of the war, one semi-official Iranian news agency reported that some top former regime figures have been urging the country's more quiet religious scholars based in the holy city of Qom, who are separate to the ayatollah, to intervene and bring about a change in leadership.

From BBC

The Fordo enrichment facility, buried underground in a mountainside near the city of Qom, was struck with US bunker-buster munitions on 22 June, resulting in six large craters visible in satellite images, as well as grey dust and debris scattered around across the area.

From BBC

Izadi, a senior Quds Force commander responsible for coordination with Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups, was reportedly killed in an apartment in the Shia holy city of Qom.

From BBC