Khirbet Qumran: Meaning and Definition of

Khir•bet Qum•ran

Pronunciation: (kēr'bet koom'rän), [key]
  1. an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
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