Umm al Ghaylam(أم الـغـيـلام) is a farming settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ash Shamal.
[1] In Arabic, "umm" translates to mother and is used at the beginning of place names to describe an area with a particular quality.
The second constituent, "ghaylam", is the name of a type of fish found in a well near the settlement.
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