- Khums, Al
- geographical name — see Al Khums
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Khums, Al
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Al Khums — geographical name town & port Libya ESE of Tripoli; nearby are ruins of ancient Leptis Magna … New Collegiate Dictionary
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