Umm al Ghaylam(أم الـغـيـلام) is a farming settlement in
Qatar
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, located in the
municipality
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of
Ash Shamal
Al Shamal ( ar, ٱلشَّمَال, Ash Shamāl) is a municipalities of Qatar, municipality in the state of Qatar. Its seat is called ''Madinat ash Shamal'' and it is considered to be one of the major cities in Qatar, although the population is ...
.
In
Arabic
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, "umm" translates to mother and is used at the beginning of place names to describe an area with a particular quality. The second constituent, "ghaylam", is the name of a type of fish found in a well near the settlement.
References
Populated places in Al Shamal
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