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Zemzem

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[zem-zem] / ˈzɛm zɛm /

noun

Islam.
  1. the sacred well located near the Kaʿba at Mecca.


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For Zemzem this feeling meant she had to flee her home for a second time.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2022

Eight days before, 200 miles from his goal, he had arrayed himself before Rommel's thin crust of defense at Wadi Zemzem.

From Time Magazine Archive

At week's end he was less than 200 miles east of Tripoli, at Wadi Zemzem.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Wadi Zemzem the pilgrim drew himself up.

From Time Magazine Archive

This well, according to the tradition of the Arabs, who pay great honour to the memory of Hagar, is Zemzem, near Mecca.

From The Illustrated London Reading Book by Various

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