Rujm
Introduction '''Rujm''' (, ''rûjm''; p. ''rûjûm'') is an Arabic word that appears as an element in numerous place names. It can be translated as 'mound, cairn, hill, spur', and also as 'stone heap' or 'tumulus'. The following is a list of place names that include ''Rujm'' as an element:*Kanân Rujm Kûddâh, "the peaks of the cairn of the potter", or of "the flint stone for striking fir"*Khirbat er Rujm, "the ruin of the stone heap"*Rujm Abu Ḥashabe*Rujm Abu Helal, "the cairn of Abu Helal"*Rujm Abu Meheir (Rujm Abu Muheir), "the cairn of Abu Meheir"*Rujm Abu Shuweikeh, "the cairn of the thistles"*Rujm Abu Zumeiter, "the cairn of Abu Zumeiter"*Rujm Afâneh, "the cairn of rottenness"*Rujm el 'Ajamy, "the cairn of the Persian"*Rujm 'Alei, "the cairn of the high place"*Rujm 'Atîyeh, "the cairn of 'Atiyeh"*Rujm el 'Azâzimeh, "the cairn of the Azazimeh Arabs"*Rujm el Bahr, "the cairn of the sea"; a site by the name is on the Dead Sea shore near Jericho*Rujm el Bakarah "the cairn of the cow"*Rujm el Bârish, "the cairn of the ground covered with variegated herbiage"*Rujm Bâruk, "the cairn of Baruk"*Rujm Beni Yasser, "rujm of the sons of Yasser" (a fortlet of Nabataean origin)*Rujm Birjis (on the Kerak plateau)*Rujm ed Debbâbeh, "the cairn of the moveable hut"*Rujm ed Deir, "the cairn of the monastery"*Rujm ed Derbi, "the cairn of the roadster"*Rujm edh Dhib, "the cairn of the wolf"*Rujm ed Dîr*Rujm ed Dûribeh, "the cairn of the little road"*Rujm el Fahjeh, "the cairn of el Fahjeh"*Rujm el-Farideyyeh*Rujm Heleiseh, "the cairn of the verdure"*Rujm Handhal, "the cairn of colocynth"*Rujm el Heik, "the cairn of the spindle"*Rujm el-Hamiri, (southeast of Hebron)*Rujm al-Henu, (Jordan)*Rujm el Heri, (southeast of Madaba)*Rujm el-Hiri, "the stone heap of the wild cat"*Rujm el Humeitah, "the cairn of the mountain fig"*Rujm el Hummûs, "the cairn of the chick-pea"*Rujm el Humra, "the red cairn"*Rujm Ibn Basma, "the cairn of Ibn Basma"*Rujm Jemảh, "the cairn of the gathering"*Rujm Jîz, "the cairn on the valley side"*Rujm Jureideh, "the cairn of the troop"*Rujm el Kahakîr, "the cairn of the stone heaps"*Rujm el Kandôl, "the cairn of the thorn tree"*Rujm el-Khadar*Rujm el Kherâzmîyeh, "the cairn of the Kharezinians"*Rujm el Khiâri, "the cairn of the cucumber"*Rujm el Kurrât, "the stone of the attacks"*Rujm Kuteit, "the cairn of the cat" or "the cairn of the crag"*Rujm el Lukâr, "the cairn of Lukâr"*Rujm Al-Malfouf, "circular towers"*Rujm (el Mehawâfet) el Kibliyyeh, "the southern cairn (of the boundary)"*Rujm (el Mehawâfet) esh Shemaliyyeh, "the northern cairn (of the boundary)"*Rujm el-Merih, (a Nabataean or Late Roman era watchtower located  south of Lajjun)*Rujm el-Meshreferh (in Jordan, associated with Mizpah)*Rujm el Mogheifir, "the cairn of the pardoned"*Rujm el Mutukh, "the cairn of the debris"*Rujm en Nâkeh, (Rujm en-Naqa) "the cairn of the she-camel"*Rujm en Niâs, "the cairn of en Niyâs*Rujm en Nûeita, "the cairn of the sailors"*Rujm en Nūkb, "the cairn of the pass"*Rujm er Refeif, "the glittering cairn"*Rujm Reheif, "the sharp-pointed cairn"*Rujm Reiya, "the cairn of quenching thirst", or "the cairn of sweet fragrance"*Rujm es S'â, "the cairn of the tax-gatherers"*Rujm es Sâîgh (Rujm as-Sayigh), "the cairn of the goldsmith"*Rujm es-Sebit*Rujm ash Shami*Rujm ash Shara'irah*Rujm esh Sheikh Suleimân, "the cairn of Sheikh Suleimân"*Rujm Shummer, "the cairn of wild fennel"*Rujm es Sûeif, "the cairn of the little sword"*Rujm at Tarûd, "the cairn of the projection", or "the cairn of the prominent peak"*Rujm Umm el 'Arâis, "the cairn of the mother of brides"*Rujm Umm Kheir, "the cairn of Umm Kheir"*Rujm Umm es Sata, "the cairn of the mother of the assault"*Rujm el Waîr, "the cairn of rugged rocks"*Rujm el Yaklûm, "the cairn of Yaklûm"*Rujm az-Zuwaira (in Zuwaira al-Fauqa, or Upper Zohar)*Rŭjûm el Behîmeh, "the cairns of the beast"*Rujûm Umm Kharrûbeh, "the cairns by the locust tree" (Ceratonia siliqua) (or, "the cairns of the mother of the carob tree")
See also *Glossary of Arabic toponyms*Place names of Palestine
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