Hamza (Arabic: همزة, hamzah) is a letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the glottal stop.
Hamza (Arabic: همزة) and Ḥamza (Arabic: حمزة) may also refer to:
People
- Refer to Hamza (name) or Ḥamza, for given names and surnames
- See also
- Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, the paternal uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad, a founding leader of the Druze sect
- Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb, Syrian child who died of torture and organ destruction while in Esad regime custody
Places
- Hamza, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
- Hamza, Iraq, (Al-Hamzah) a village in Qadisiyah Province, Iraq
- Hamza Stone, black colored antic rock at the Giresun Adası
- Tala Hamza, town in northern Algeria
- Hamza River, a very large aquifer, that roughly follows the course of the Amazon River, in Brazil
- Hamza (district), a city district of Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan
- Hamza station, former name of Novza station on the Chilonzor Line of the Tashkent Metro.
Other uses
- Hamza (cicada), a genus of insects in the family Cicadidae
- Hamzanama, a 16th-century book
- Thymelicus hamza, a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
See also
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