- a variation of Qom.
Qum
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A day later, the United States, Britain and France revealed intelligence that showed that Iran was building a secret uranium enrichment facility in a mountainside near the holy city of Qum.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2018
“They knew we couldn’t look the other way,” said Fazel Meybodi, a cleric from the Iranian holy city of Qum, one of the world’s main centers of Shiite theology.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2016
Iran, too, has taken preparatory actions, erecting new perimeter fences around its underground enrichment plant at Qum.
From Time ● Feb. 28, 2013
A student revolutionary during the Shah's reign, Kadivar enrolled in the Shi'ite seminary in the holy city of Qum after Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power, spending 17 years there as a student and teacher.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hated, in disgrace, he was banished to the city of Qum.
From Memorials of the Faithful by `Abdu'l-Bahá
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