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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of a people of ancient Arabia, known from the first millennium B.C.E. to near the time of Muhammad, and according to the Qur'an punished and destroyed by an earthquake.

Etymology

From Arabic ثَمُود (ṯamūd).

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