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Definition of Khoum
1. Noun. 5 khoums equal 1 ouguiya in Mauritania.
Definition of Khoum
1. a monetary unit of Mauritania [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Khoum
Literary usage of Khoum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... with the tomb and mosque of Imam Riza, said to attract almost as many yearly
pilgrims as Mecca itself; khoum in Irak ..."
2. The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical by Alexander Chalmers (1802)
"... that he should never suffer himself to be flattered; that he should never
delay an audience when he had nothing to do; and that he khouM never encourage ..."
3. A History of Art in Ancient Egypt by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1883)
"Water Tournament, from a tomb at khoum-el-Ahmar. (From Prisse.) running behind
his " fare " he has been making his midday meal upon a few grains of maize ..."
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