Definition of Hammam

1. Noun. a communal bathhouse in Islamic countries. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hammam

1. a Turkish bath [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hammam

hamhandedly
hamhandedness
hamiform
hamilton period
haming
haminura
hamite
hamlet
hamleted
hamlets
hamlike
hammada
hammadas
hammal
hammals
hammam (current term)
hammams
hamman-rich syndrome
hamman sign
hammarite
hammed
hammed up
hammer
hammer-on
hammer-ons
hammer and sickle
hammer and tongs
hammer dulcimer
hammer finger
hammer headline

Literary usage of Hammam

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nippur Or Explorations A. Adventures on the Euphrates: Narrative of the by John Punnett Peters (1897)
"In fact, hammam bore every mark of a comparatively recent ruin. The low mounds about it, as far as I could probe them, contained nothing, and some of them ..."

2. Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson (1874)
"... its way down through Jebel hammam to the sea by a deep aod narrow ravine ... and passing round the end of a spur running out SE from Jebel hammam, ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"... And seek with humble supplication and appliances of hope The descent of thy vast grace and comprehensive bounty. THE WORDS OF HARETH IBN-hammam From the ..."

4. Biblical Researches in Palestine, 1838-52: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838 by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1856)
"Wady Thai finds its way down through Jebel hammam to the sea by a deep and narrow ravine ; but on the south of it there is still no ..."

5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"The principal buildings of antiquarian or architectural interest are the Imperial bath-house or hammam, a large Imperial well with steps leading down to the ..."

6. A Personal Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition by William Ainsworth (1888)
"Tokat ultimately fell into the hands of the Osmanlis in the time of Selim I. No. 36. hammam ALL THERE were ruins at hammam Ali of a fort and serai which ..."

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