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Qum

[koom]
–noun
Qom.

Qom

[koom]
–noun
a city in NW Iran, SW of Teheran, on the Qom river. 170,000.
Also, Qum.
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Qom   (kōm)   
A city of west-central Iran south-southwest of Tehran. It has been a Shiite Muslim center since early Islamic times and a pilgrimage site since the 17th century. Population: 959,000.
Qum   (kŏŏm)   
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Qum

city, north-central Iran. The town lies on both banks of the Rud-e Qom and beside a salt desert, the Dasht-e Kavir, 92 miles (147 km) south of Tehran.

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