الحرمين

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Definite dual of حَرَم (ḥaram, sanctuary, sacred precinct).

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الْحَرَمَيْن (al-ḥaramaynm

  1. collective sobriquet of the Great Mosque of Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, the two holiest sites in Islam
  2. (by extension) Mecca and Medina, collectively

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