Qum

[koo m]

noun

Qom.

Qom

or Qum

[koo m]

noun

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

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Historical Examples of qum

Sed arma sumere non ante cuiquam moris, qum civitas suffecturum probaverit.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Henry Hallam
Extrema ibi omnia passus, nihil tamen inhumanum magis, qum Hreticos, expertus est.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. I: Acadia, 1610-1613
Various
Opes lebetum numero metiuntur: nec regem Galli aliam ob causam initio magni stimabant; qum qud plures habere ollas dicebatur.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. I: Acadia, 1610-1613
Various
Et certe securiorem ego, qum sit ista, viam ad imitandum exemplar sacratissim humanitatis Christi nullam novi.
The Oxford Reformers
Frederic Seebohm
Non fuit mult tolerabilius, in terra quovis genere mortis absumi, qum tam procul patria marinis fluctibus sepeliri.
The Lusiad
Lus de Cames

British Dictionary definitions for qum

Qum

noun

a variant of Qom

Qom

Qum or Kum

noun

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

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