Umm Al Houl

Qatar

Umm Al Houl, Qatar, appears in 4 Bunkabop connections with 207 places across 4 topics, spanning diplomacy, transportation, media, and language. J.G. Lorimer's 1908 Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf documented the bay as "Dohat bay Umm al-Hūl," five miles south of Al Wakrah, and noted a 1895 British rejection of an Abu Dhabi territorial claim there. A planned Doha Metro Red Line South station ties it to many Qatari co-connected places. Its name draws on the Arabic word "umm," meaning "mother," a common prefix for regional place names.