Hamza ( ar, همزة, ') () is a letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the

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although it is not one of the 28 "full" letters of Arabic. Hamza ( ar, همزة) and Ḥamza ( ar, حمزة) may refer to:

People

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Hamza (name) Hamza (also spelled as Hamzah, Hamsah, Hamzeh or Humza; ar, حَمْزَة, Romanization of Arabic, standardized transliteration is ) is an Arabic masculine given name in the Muslim world. It was borne by one of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Muh ...

or , for

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s and

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

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Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib Ḥamza ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ( ar, حمزة بن عبد المطلب; 568 – 625)Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). ''The Companions of Badr''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. was a ...

, the paternal uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad *

Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad Hamza ibn ‘Alī ibn Aḥmad ( ar, حمزة بن علي بن أحمد; 985 – c. 1021) was an 11th-century Ismaili missionary and founding leader of the Druze. He was born in Zozan in Greater Khorasan in Samanid-ruled Persia (modern Khaf, R ...

, a founding leader of the Druze sect * Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb, Syrian child who died of torture and organ destruction while in Esad regime custody

Places

Hamza, Iran Hanza ( fa, هنزا, also Romanized as Hanzā; also known as Hamza) is a village in Anduhjerd Rural District, Shahdad District, Kerman County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also calle ...

, a village in Kerman Province, Iran *

Hamza, Iraq , nickname = , settlement_type = , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = ...

, (Al-Hamzah) a village in Qadisiyah Province, Iraq *

Hamza Stone The Hamza Stone ( tr, Hamza Taşı) is a large black-colored boulder on the eastern coast of Giresun Island in the Black Sea, located 1.2 km off the coast of the Turkish city of Giresun. The stone, known to locals since around 2000 BCE, symboliz ...

, black colored antic rock at the Giresun Adası *

Tala Hamza Tala Hamza is a town in northern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = ...

, town in northern Algeria *

Hamza River The Hamza River (Portuguese: ''Rio Hamza'') is an unofficial name for what seems to be a slowly flowing aquifer in Brazil and Peru, approximately long at a depth of nearly . Its discovery was announced in 2011 at a meeting of the Geophysical Societ ...

, a very large aquifer, that roughly follows the course of the Amazon River, in Brazil *

Hamza (district) Yashnobod ( uz, Yashnobod tumani, russian: Яшнободский район, Yashnobodsky rayon) is one of 12 districts (''tuman'') of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Overview The district was established in 1968 with name Khamza district. ...

, a city district of Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan * Hamza station, former name of Novza station on the

Chilonzor Line The Chilonzor Line (, ) was the first line of the Tashkent Metro, opened in 1977 it connected the southern districts of the city with the centre, and then in 1980 extended westwards. Timeline Name changes Transfers References {{reflist ...

of the Tashkent Metro.

Other uses

* ''Hamza'' (cicada), a genus of insects in the family Cicadidae * ''

Hamzanama The ''Hamzanama'' (Persian Language, Persian/Urdu: ''Hamzenâme'', Epic of Hamza) or ''Dastan-e-Amir Hamza'' (Persian/Urdu: ''Dâstâne Amir Hamze'', "Adventures of Amir Hamza") narrates the legendary exploits of Amir Hamza, or Hamza ibn Abdul ...

'', a 16th-century book * ''

Thymelicus hamza ''Thymelicus hamza'', the Moroccan small skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North Africa and from Anatolia to Turkestan. The length of the forewings is 11–13 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June in one g ...

'', a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae