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
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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 ...
Umm El Qa'ab
Umm El Qaʻāb (sometimes romanised Umm El Gaʻab, ar, أم القعاب) is a necropolis of the Early Dynastic Period kings at Abydos, Egypt. Its modern name means "Mother of Pots" as the whole area is littered with the broken pot shards of of ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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 .
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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 ...
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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
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Kuwait
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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.
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* List of cities in Libya
This is a list of the 100 l ...
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Palestine
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Qatar
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Umm Salal Mohammed
Umm Salal Mohammed ( ar, أم صلال محمد, Umm Şalāl Muḩammad) is a town in the municipality of Umm Salal in Qatar. The town has numerous farms, wells and a large water reservoir which is filled during the rainy season.
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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 ...
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 ...
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Syria
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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 ...
Umm Elgar
Umm Elgar ( ar, أم الغار) is a Syrian village located in Jisr al-Shughur Nahiyah in Jisr al-Shughur District, Idlib
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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 ...
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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' ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Umm Tini
Umm Tini ( ar, أم تيني) is a Syrian village in Sinjar Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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* Umm Al Sheif, a locality in Dubai
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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
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...