hamas
/həˈmɑs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization.
name
Alternative form of Hamas.
Example Sentences
- "Hamas knew there would be massive retaliations."
- "[W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent."
- "He wanted to travel to Gaza in the Palestinian territories to join HAMAS’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigade in its fight against Israel."
- "HAMAS emerged in 1987 during the first Palestinian uprising, or intifada, as an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian branch."
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās, literally “enthusiasm”), an acronym for حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ (ḥarakat al-muqāwama l-ʔislāmiyya, “Islamic Resistance Movement”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: ح م س
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /həˈmɑs/
- British English: /həˈmæs/