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Hums

//hʌmz// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Homs, a city in Syria. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of hum form-of, plural
  2. 2
    plural of HUM form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of hum form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

From North Levantine Arabic حمص (Ḥumṣ), variant of Arabic حِمْص (Ḥims), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”).

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