hums

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Scrabble points: 9
Words With Friends: 10
Letters: 4

Pronunciation

/hʌmz/

Definition of hums

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(form-of, plural)plural of hum

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noun

(form-of, plural)plural of hum
(form-of, plural)plural of HUM

verb

(form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of hum

name

(alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Homs, a city in Syria.

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Etymology

From North Levantine Arabic حمص (Ḥumṣ), variant of Arabic حِمْص (Ḥims), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”).