Umm () means ''mother'' in Arabic. It is a common Arabic feminine given name and generic prefix for Semitic place names. It may refer to:

Places

Bahrain

Ain Umm Sujoor The Ain Umm Sujoor ( ar, موقع عين أم السجور) is an archaeological site located in the village of Diraz, Bahrain. Believed to have been built during the 3rd millennium BC, the site consists of an oval hollow, approximately 60x30 mete ...

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Umm an Nasan Umm an Nasan island ( ar, ام النعسان) is the fifth largest island in Bahrain. It is west of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain Island. Description Umm an Nasan is privately owned by Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, and is off ...

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Umm as Sabaan Umm as Sabaan ( ar, ام الصبان) is an islet in Bahrain. It lies off the north western corner of Bahrain Island, near Budaiya village, and east of Jidda Island, located in the Persian Gulf. It lies west of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain I ...

, an islet

Egypt

* Umm Kulthum Museum, in Old Cairo * Umm Naggat mine *

Umm El Qa'ab Umm El Qaʻāb (sometimes romanisation, romanised Umm El Gaʻab, ar, أم القعاب) is a necropolis of the Early Dynastic Period (Egypt), Early Dynastic Period kings at Abydos, Egypt. Its modern name means "Mother of Pots" as the whole area ...

, a necropolis * Zawyet Umm El Rakham, an archaeological site

Iraq

Umm al Binni lake Umm al Binni lake is a mostly dry lake within the Central Marshes in Maysan Governorate in southern Iraq. The wide lake is approximately northwest of the Tigris–Euphrates confluence. Because of its shape, location, and other details, it was f ...

Umm Qasr Umm Qasr ( ar, أم قصر, also transliterated as ''Um-qasir'', ''Um-qasser, Um Qasr'') is a port city in southern Iraq. It stands on the canalised Khawr az-Zubayr, part of the Khawr Abd Allah estuary which leads to the Persian Gulf. It is sep ...

, a port city **

Umm Qasr Port Umm Qasr Port is Iraq's only deep water port, part of the city of Umm Qasr. Iraq's second port in scale of size and goods shipped to the port of Basra, it is strategically important, located on the western edge of the al-Faw peninsula, where the ...

Israel

Umm Batin Umm Batin ( ar, أم بطين; he, אום בטין) is a Bedouin village in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert, 12 km northeast of Beersheba and adjacent to the highway 60, it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Kasom Reg ...

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Umm al-Fahm Umm al-Fahm ( ar, أمّ الفحم, ''Umm al-Faḥm''; he, אוּם אֶל-פַחֶם ''Um el-Faḥem'') is a city located northwest of Jenin in the Haifa District of Israel. In its population was , nearly all of whom are Arab citizens of I ...

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Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam ( ar, الشبلي - أم الغنم, he, שִׁבְּלִי-אֻם אל-עַ'נַם) is an Arab town at the foot of Mount Tabor in Israel's Northern District. In it had a population of . History Archaeological excavatio ...

, a town * Umm al-Hiran, a village *

Umm al-Qutuf Umm al-Qutuf ( ar, أمّ القـُطـُف; he, אֻם אל-קֻטוּף) is an Arab village in northern Israel. Located in the triangle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Pottery ...

, a village

Jordan

* Umm al Birak, a town *

Jabal Umm Fruth Bridge Wadi Rum ( ar, وادي رم ''Wādī Ramm'', also ''Wādī al-Ramm''), known also as the Valley of the Moon ( ar, وادي القمر ''Wādī al-Qamar''), is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southern Jordan, about to the east ...

Jabal Umm ad Dami Jabal Umm ad Dami, in historic Wadi Rum, is the highest mountain in Jordan. Its claimed elevation of 1,854 metresMount Umm Daraj *

Umm el-Jimal Umm el-Jimal ( ar, ام الجمال, "Mother of Camels"), also known as Umm ej Jemāl, Umm al-Jimal or Umm idj-Djimal, is a village in Northern Jordan approximately 17 kilometers east of Mafraq. It is primarily notable for the substantial ruins o ...

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Umm al Kundum Um El-Kindam (Arabic: أم الكدام) commonly called Al Arz (Arabic: حي الأرز), and officially known as Um El Kundum (Arabic: أم الكندم), is a southwest locality in the Amman Governorate of Jordan. Etymology Um El-Kindam ...

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Umm Qais Umm Qais or Qays ( ar, أم قيس , , Mother of Qais) is a town in northern Jordan principally known for its proximity to the ruins of the ancient Gadara. It is the largest city in the Bani Kinanah Department and Irbid Governorate in the extreme ...

, a town *

Umm al Qanafidh Umm al Qanafidh is a town in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Afr ...

, a town *

Umm Shujayrah al Gharbiyah Umm Shujayrah al Gharbiyah is a town in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of ...

, a town *

Umm Zuwaytinah Umm Zuwaytinah ( ar, أم زويتينة) is a town in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at t ...

, a town

Kuwait

Umm al Maradim Island Umm al Maradim ()(''Translation: Mother of boulders'') is an island located at the extreme south of Kuwait's marine borders near the junction with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Umm Al-Maradim is surrounded by deep waters which enable ships to la ...

Umm an Namil Island Umm al Namil ( ar, جزيرة ام النمل)(''Translation: Mother of ants'') is an island belonging to Kuwait, located within Kuwait Bay, in Persian Gulf. The island is at shortest, away from the Kuwaiti mainland. The island is known to be ...

, Kuwait Bay, Persian Gulf

Libya

Umm al Ahrar Umm al Ahrar or Umm al Aḩrār ( ar, أم الأحرار) is a Saharan desert oasis town in the Fezzan region of southwest Libya. See also * List of cities in Libya This is a list of the 100 largest populated places in Libya. So ...

, an oasis *

Qabr Umm al Hishah Qabr Umm al Hishah is a desert oasis town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Prior to 1983 was part of Al Khalji Governorate. After 1983 it was part ...

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Umm al Rizam Umm al Rizam ( ar, أم الرزم) is a town in eastern Libya. It is located some south of Derna. It is linked to Ras et Teen beach by a road which is long. Notes See also * List of cities in Libya This is a list of the 100 l ...

, a town

Palestine

Umm 'Ajra Umm 'Ajra ( ar, أم عجرة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 31, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 4 km ...

, a depopulated village *

Tell Umm el-'Amr Tell Umm el-'Amr (also known as Saint Hilarion Monastery) is an ancient Christian monastery close to Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. History and archaeology The archaeological remains at Tell Umm el-'Amr span more than four centuries, from the Lat ...

, a monastery *

Khirbat Umm Burj Khirbat Umm Burj was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Hebron Subdistrict, sometimes designated in modern maps as ''Burgin''. Its ruins are today located within the borders of Israel. I ...

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Umm al-Faraj Umm al-Faraj ( ar, أم الفرج, known to the Crusaders as La Fierge), was a Palestinian village, depopulated in 1948. Location The village was situated on a flat spot in the Acre plain, northeast of Acre.Khalidi, 1992, p. 34 History Archaeo ...

, a depopulated village * Umm Kalkha, a depopulated village * Umm al-Khair, Hebron, a village * Umm al-Kilab, a village * Umm Khalid, a depopulated village * Bayt Umm al-Mays, a depopulated village * Umm al-Nasr Mosque in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip *

Umm ar-Rihan Umm ar-Rehan ( ar, أم الريحان, meaning "Mother of Basil"; also transliterated Umm Rihan or Um al-Rehan) is a Palestinian people, Palestinian village of 370 inhabitants located high on the northwestern hills of the Jenin Governorate, from ...

, a village *

Khirbat Umm Sabuna Umm Sabuna ( ar, خربة أم صابونة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon. It was located ...

, a depopulated village *

Umm Salamuna Umm Salamuna ( ar, خربة ام سلمونة) is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers South-west of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statist ...

, a village *

Umm ash Shauf Umm al-Shawf or Umm ash Shauf ( ar, أُم الشوف, ''Umm esh Shauf'') was a Palestinian Arab village located 29.5 km south of Haifa, on the sloping section of Wadi al-Marah. It was depopulated as a result of a military assault between M ...

, a depopulated village * Umm al-Tut, a village *

Umm az-Zinat Umm az-Zinat ( ar, أُم الزينات, ''Umm ez Zînât'') was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 15, 1948, by Golani Brigade's Fourth Battalion. It was located 20.5 km sout ...

, a depopulated village

Qatar

Umm Bab Umm Bab ( ar, أم باب) is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya. It used to be part of the Al Rayyan municipality and before that was administered by Al Jemailiya municipality before the latter was incorporated in ...

, a settlement * Umm Birka, a settlement *

Umm al Ghaylam Umm al Ghaylam(أم الـغـيـلام) is a farming settlement in Qatar, located in the municipalities of Qatar, municipality of Ash Shamal. In Arabic language, Arabic, "umm" translates to mother and is used at the beginning of place names to d ...

, a settlement * Umm Ghuwailina, a settlement * Umm al Hawa'ir, a settlement *

Umm al Kilab Umm al Kilab is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ash Shamal. Owing to its propensity for vegetation, various farms are based in the area. In the past, its inhabitants excavated sections of its depressed terrain to create smal ...

, a settlement * Umm Lekhba, a settlement *

Umm Qarn Umm Qarn ( ar, أم قرن) is a village in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Daayen. Located just off Al Shamal Highway, the village hosts the municipal office and currently serves as the municipality's administrative seat. The settlem ...

, a settlement *

Umm al Qubur Umm al Qubur ( ar, القبور) is an abandoned village in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ash Shamal Al Shamal ( ar, ٱلشَّمَال, Ash Shamāl) is a municipality in the state of Qatar. Its seat is called ''Madinat ash Shamal'' an ...

, an abandoned village *

Umm Salal Umm Salal (; also spelled Umm Slal) is a municipality in the State of Qatar. It contains several historic places, such as Barzan Tower. The municipal headquarters Umm Salal is located in Umm Salal Ali, about 10 km from the coast and 15 ...

, a municipality **

Umm Salal Mohammed Umm Salal Mohammed ( ar, أم صلال محمد, Umm Şalāl Muḩammad) is a town in the Municipalities of Qatar, municipality of Umm Salal in Qatar. The town has numerous farms, wells and a large water reservoir which is filled during the rain ...

, the seat of the municipality Umm Salal **

Umm Salal Ali Umm Salal Ali ( ar, أم صلال علي, Umm Şalāl ‘Alī) is the seat of the municipality of Umm Salal in Qatar. Etymology In Arabic, "Umm Salal" roughly translates to "mother of rocks". The name "Ali" added onto the end refers to Ali bin ...

, a village * Umm Tais National Park

Saudi Arabia

* Umm Al-Hamam, a village * Jabal Umm Hayfā', a mountain * Jabal Umm al Ru'us, a town

Sudan

* Umm Badr, a town *

Umm Bel Umm Bel ( ar, أم بل) is a town in North Kurdufan State in central Sudan, about 170 kilometres west of El Obeid, and north of En Nahud. ''Acacia tortilis ''Vachellia tortilis'', widely known as ''Acacia tortilis'' but now attributed to the ...

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Umm Dam Umm Dam is a town in North Kurdufan State in central Sudan 60 kilometres north east of El Obeid. It lies about halfway between Surur to the northwest and Habila Habila is a small town in central Sudan, located several kilometres southeast of U ...

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Umm Ruwaba Umm Ruwaba, also Umm Ruwabah ( ar, أم روابة; Ruaba and Umm Ruaba), is a city in the state of North Kurdufan in Sudan and is the capital of the Umm Ruwabah District. By road it is located southeast of El Obeid, and west of Rabak. Founded ...

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Umm Ruweim Umm Ruweim is an archaeological ruin site from Ghazali in present-day Sudan. Consisting of two forts and some cemeteries, the site is situated just south of the Nile's Fourth Cataract at Wadi Abu Dom. There are two documented forts of the Meroi ...

, an archaeological ruin site

Syria

Umm al-'Adam Umm al-'Adam ( ar, أُمُّ الْعِظَام, also spelled ''Ümmü’l-İzâm'') is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Umm al-'Adam had a popu ...

, a village * Umm al-Dawali, a village *

Umm Elgar Umm Elgar ( ar, أم الغار) is a Syrian village located in Jisr al-Shughur Nahiyah in Jisr al-Shughur District, Idlib ar, إدلبي, Idlibi , coordinates = , elevation_m = 500 , area_code ...

, a village * Umm Elkhalayel, a village *

Umm Ghargan Umm Ghargan ( ar, أم غركان), also known as Tkhuma (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians belonging ...

, a village *

Maarat Umm Hawsh Ma'arat Umm Hawsh ( ar, معراتة أم حوش, also spelled Maarateh Om Hosh) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is administered as part of the Nahiya Mare' in the A'zaz District. Nearby localities include Mare' ...

, a village *

Umm Haratayn (disambiguation) Umm Haratayn (also spelled Umm Hartein) could refer to the following villages in Syria: * Umm Haratayn, Hama, in the Hama Governorate *Umm Haratayn, al-Suwayda Umm Haratayn ( ar, أم حارتين, also spelled Umm Hartein) is a village in souther ...

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Umm Jabab Umm Jabab ( ar, أم جباب) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, south of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Mukharram Al-Mukharram ( ar, المخرم), also known as Mukharram al-Fawqani ( ar, ال� ...

, a village *

Umm Jalal Umm Jalal ( ar, أم جلال) is a Syrian village located in Al-Tamanah Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District Maarat al-Numaan District ( ar-at, منطقة معرة النعمان, manṭiqat Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān) is a district of the Idlib ...

, a village * Hawayiz Umm Jurn, a village *

Umm al-Keif Umm al-Keif ( ar, أم الكيف), also known as Timar (), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer. The village is inhabited by Assyrians belonging ...

, a village *

Umm el-Marra Umm el-Marra, ( ar, أم المرى), east of modern Aleppo in the Jabbul Plain of northern Syria, was one of the ancient Near East's oldest cities, located on a crossroads of two trade routes northwest of Ebla, in a landscape that was much more f ...

, an ancient city *

Umm Mweilat Janubiyah Umm Mweilat Janubiyah ( ar, أم مويلات جنوبية) is a Syrian village located in Sinjar Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib Governorate, Idlib. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria), Syria Central Bureau of Stat ...

, a village * Umm Nir, a village *

Umm al-Qasab Umm al-Qasab ( ar, أم القصب, Umm al-Kāsāb, also spelled ''Umm al-Kasab'') is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Umm al-Qasab had a popula ...

, a village *

Umm al Quşayr (disambiguation) Umm al Quşayr or Umm Quşayr may refer to several places in Syria * Umm Quşayr, As-Suwayda Governorate, a ruin in As-Suwayda Governorate As-Suwayda or Al-Suwayda Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة السويداء / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat as-Su ...

, multiple village * Umm Rish, a village *

Umm Sehrij Umm Sehrij ( ar, أم صهريج) is a Syrian village located in Sinjar Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib ar, إدلبي, Idlibi , coordinates = , elevation_m = 500 , area_code ...

, a village *

Umm Tini Umm Tini ( ar, أم تيني) is a Syrian village in Sinjar Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib ar, إدلبي, Idlibi , coordinates = , elevation_m = 500 , area_code ...

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Umm al-Tuyour, Hama Governorate Umm al-Tuyour ( ar, أم الطيور, also spelled Umm al-Tiyur) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama. Nearby localities include Kafr al-Tun to the northeast, Maarzaf to the north ...

, a village * Umm Waghfah, a village *

Umm Walad An ''umm walad'' ( ar, أم ولد, , lit=mother of the child) was the title given to a slave-concubine in the Muslim world after she had born her master a child. She could not be sold, and became automatically free on her master's death. The off ...

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Umm al-Zaytun Umm al-Zaytun (also spelled ''Umm ez-Zeitoun'') is a village in the al-Suwayda Governorate in southwestern Syria. It is situated along the southeastern edge of the Lajat, Lejah lava plateau, northwest of the city of al-Suwayda. Umm al-Zaytun had a ...

, a village * Umm Zaytuna, a village

United Arab Emirates

Umm Hurair Umm Hurair ( ar, ام هرير) is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Umm Hurair has a small residential community as well as a shopping and economic district with shopping malls, hotels, banks and restaurants. Umm Hurair is divide ...

, a locality in Dubai *

Umm Ramool Umm Ramool ( ar, أم رمول) is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is located in Deira in eastern Dubai and is bordered to the north by Dubai International Airport Dubai International Airport ( ar, مطار دبي الد� ...

, a locality in Dubai *

Umm Suqeim Umm Suqiem ( ar, ام سقيم) is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Umm Suqiem is located in western Dubai, along the Jumeirah Beach coastline. It is bordered to the north by Jumeirah, to the south by Al Sufouh, and to the west b ...

, a locality in Dubai * Umm Al Sheif, a locality in Dubai *

Umm al-Nar Culture Umm Al Nar ( ar, أُمّ الـنَّـار, Umm an-Nār or Umm al-Nar, lit=Mother of the Fire) is a Bronze Age culture that existed around 2600-2000 BCE in the area of modern-day United Arab Emirates and Northern Oman. The Arabic name has in th ...

, of 2600-2000 BC *

Umm al-Quwain Umm Al Quwain is the capital and largest city of the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain in the United Arab Emirates. The city is located on the peninsula of Khor Al Bidiyah, with the nearest major cities being Sharjah to the southwest and Ras Al Khaimah ...

, one of the seven emirates

Yemen

* `Arqub Umm Kubayr, a village *

Bayt Umm Jalli Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء '), also spelled San'a or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorate ...

, a village * Jawf Umm Maqbabah, a village * Qaryat Husayn Umm Muhammad, a village

Other uses

Umm (given name) Umm () means ''mother'' in Arabic. It is a common Arabic feminine alias, and used to be a common feminine given name, with the masculine counterpart being Ab or Abu. The name may refer to: ;Companions or other people related to the Islamic prophet ...

* Umm Dreiga, an oasis town in Western Sahara