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Where does “Hamas” come from?

Hamas is the English name for the Arabic حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة, an acronym derived from the Arabic word حَمَاس.

Ancestry of “Hamas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحَمَاس—
2Arabicحَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّةIslamic Resistance Movement
Every word from Arabic حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة →