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Qom

American  
[koom] / kʊm /
Or Qum

noun

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


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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On the religious front, Mojtaba Khamenei studied theology in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran, where he also taught.

From Barron's

In 1999, Mojtaba went to Qom, a holy city which is considered an important centre of Shia theology, to continue his religious studies.

From BBC

After the bombing began, Mehrnoosh Arabestani, 42, said she wasn’t able to reach her cousins in the Iranian city of Qom for five days because communications were shut down.

From Los Angeles Times

The buildings in Tehran and Qom where they were meant to meet were bombed this week but they are reported to be meeting virtually.

From BBC

Most of them reside and run seminaries in the holy cities of Qom in Iran and Najaf in Iraq.

From Salon