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, an archaeological site * Umm an Nasan, an island *

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 Om Kalthoum Museum is a biographical museum in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. The Om Kalthoum Museum is dedicated to Umm Kulthum Umm Kulthum ( ar, أم كلثوم, , also spelled ''Oum Kalthoum'' in English; born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Belta ...

, in Old Cairo * Umm Naggat mine * Umm El Qa'ab, a necropolis *

Zawyet Umm El Rakham Zawyet Umm El Rakham ( arz, زاوية أم الرخم lit. "the resthouse of the mother of vultures") is an archaeological site located on the North coast of Egypt 20 km to the west of Marsa Matruh, and about 300 km to the west of Alexa ...

, an archaeological site

Iraq

* Umm al Binni lake * Umm Qasr, 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 ...

, a village * Umm al-Fahm, a city *

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 Umm al-Hiran ( ar, أم الحيران; he, אום אל-חיראן) is a Bedouin village settled by the Abu Alkian tribe located in the Wadi Atir area of the Negev desert in southern Israel. Located near Hura, the village was established in 19 ...

, 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 metres Mount Umm Daraj Mount Umm Al-Daraj ( ar, جبل أم الدرج) is a mountain located in the northern part of Jordan, on the borders between Jerash Governorate and Ajloun Governorate. It reaches a height of , and considered the highest peak in northern Jordan. ...

* Umm el-Jimal, a village *

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 ...

, a town * Umm Qais, a town * Umm al Qanafidh, 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, a town

Kuwait

* Umm al Maradim Island * Umm an Namil Island, Kuwait Bay, Persian Gulf

Libya

* Umm al Ahrar, an oasis * Qabr Umm al Hishah, an oasis * Umm al Rizam, a town

Palestine

* Umm 'Ajra, a depopulated village * Tell Umm el-'Amr, 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 ...

, a village *

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 Umm Kalkha was a small Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 7, 1948, during Operation Nachshon. It was located 12.5 km south ...

, a depopulated village *

Umm al-Khair, Hebron Umm al-Khair ( ar, أم الخير) is a Palestinian village located in the Hebron Governorate of the southern West Bank. It is inhabited by five families, roughly 70 people.David Dean Shulman, 'On Being Unfree:Fences, Roadblocks and the Iron Cage ...

, a village *

Umm al-Kilab Umm al-Kilab ( ar, أُم الكِلاب, also spelled Umm el-Kelab) is a Palestinian village in the southern Gaza Strip, part of the Khan Yunis Governorate. It is located south Khan Yunis and east Rafah, on the border with the Rafah Governorate. ...

, a village *

Umm Khalid Umm Khalid ( ar, أم خالد), also called Mukhalid, was a Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict, west of Tulkarm. It was an ancient site in the central coastline of what is now the city of Netanya, Israel. History Archaeological fi ...

, a depopulated village * Bayt Umm al-Mays, a depopulated village *

Umm al-Nasr Mosque Umm al-Nasr Mosque ( ar, مسجد أم النصر) or Beit Hanoun Mosque is the oldest mosque in the Palestinian city of Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip, located in the center of the city. History The Umm al-Nasr Mosque was built 1239 by the Ayyu ...

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, a depopulated village * Umm Salamuna, a village * Umm ash Shauf, a depopulated village * Umm al-Tut, a village * Umm az-Zinat, 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 Umm Birka ( ar, أُمّ بِرْكَة; also spelled Umm Baraka) is a settlement in the Al Khor municipality in Qatar. Etymology Umm Birka derives its name from the Arabic word "barikat," which means "blessing." It was named this in reference to ...

, 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 Umm Ghuwailina ( ar, أم غويلينة, Umm Ghuwaylīnah) is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah. Etymology The first word of Umm Ghuwailina is Arabic for "mother" and is used as a prefix to denote a geographic featur ...

, a settlement *

Umm al Hawa'ir 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, an archaeological site *Umm an Nasan, an island * Umm as Sabaan, an islet Eg ...

, 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 Umm Lekhba ( ar, ام لخبا, Umm Lakhbā) is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Doha. It was previously known as Al Duhail South, or alternatively, South Duhail. Etymology In Arabic, "umm" literally means mother, but in this c ...

, 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, 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, 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 Umm Tais National Park is on an uninhabited island on the northern tip of Qatar. It includes sand bars and small islets with mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tr ...

Saudi Arabia

* Umm Al-Hamam, a village *

Jabal Umm Hayfā' Jabal Umm Hayfā' is a mountain located in the Madiyan Mountains of northwest Saudi Arabia, near the Jordan border, above the Gulf of Aqaba, and is located in Tabūk, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the tallest mountains in the Arabian Peninsula ...

, a mountain * Jabal Umm al Ru'us, a town

Sudan

Umm Badr Umm Badr ( ar, أم بادر) is a town in North Kurdufan in Sudan at an altitude of 691 meters above sea level (2270 feet). It lies at distance of about 319 kilometers (198 miles) west to the capital Khartoum. Umm Badr is located on the shor ...

, a town * Umm Bel, a town *

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 ...

, a town *

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 ...

, a city *

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 Umm al-Dawali ( ar, أم الدوالي) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Umm al-Dawali had a population of 1,558 in the 2004 census. Its inha ...

, a village * Umm Elgar, a village *

Umm Elkhalayel Umm Elkhalayel ( ar, أم الخلاخيل) 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 ...

, a village * Umm Ghargan, 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 ...

, multiple villages *

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 Umm Rish, also rendered as Barisha, ( ar, أم الريش) is a Syrian village located in Jisr al-Shughur Nahiyah in Jisr al-Shughur District, Idlib ar, إدلبي, Idlibi , coordinates = , elevation_m ...

, 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, a village *

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 ...

, a town *

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, 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 Umm Al Sheif ( ar, ام الشيف) is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Umm Al Sheif is a small, residential locality in western Dubai. It is bordered to the north by Umm Suqeim, the northeast by Al Manara, the south by Al Barsha a ...

, a locality in Dubai * Umm al-Nar Culture, 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, 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 Oum Dreyga is a rural community located in the province of Oued Ed-Dahab in the Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab region in Western Sahara Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North an ...

, an oasis town in Western Sahara

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