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Qom

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

A city in Iran, the seat of Qom County's Central District and the capital of Qom Province, a shrine city and center of Shi'ite seminarian learning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 2

A county of Iran, around the city.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A province of Iran.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Synonym of Toba (“a people of Argentina”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Toba

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian قم (qom), from Classical Persian قم (qum).

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: Ղում (Ġum) — city, county, and province in Iran
  • Azerbaijani: Qum — city, county, and province in Iran
  • Chinese Mandarin: 庫姆 /库姆 (Kùmǔ) — city, county, and province in Iran
  • Esperanto: Ĥomo — city, county, and province in Iran
  • German: Ghom — city, county, and province in Iran
  • Japanese: ゴム (Gomu) — city, county, and province in Iran
  • Persian: قم (qom) — city, county, and province in Iran
  • Russian: Кум (Kum) — city, county, and province in Iran
  • Spanish: Qom — city, county, and province in Iran
  • Spanish: Qum — city, county, and province in Iran
  • Tajik: Қум (Qum) — city, county, and province in Iran
  • Uzbek: Qum — city, county, and province in Iran