Hamza ( ar, همزة, ') () is a letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the glottal stop although it is not one of the 28 "full" letters of Arabic. Hamza ( ar, همزة) and Ḥamza ( ar, حمزة) may refer to:

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Hamza (name) Hamza (also spelled as Hamzah, Hamsah, Hamzeh or Humza; ar, حَمْزَة, standardized transliteration is ) is an Arabic masculine given name in the Muslim world. It was borne by one of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's uncles, Hamza ibn Abd a ...

or , for given names and surnames'' ;See also *

Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib Ḥamza ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ( ar, حمزة بن عبد المطلب; 568 – 625)Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). ''The Companions of Badr''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. was a ...

, the paternal uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad *

Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad Hamza ibn ‘Alī ibn Aḥmad ( ar, حمزة بن علي بن أحمد; 985 – c. 1021) was an 11th-century Ismaili missionary and founding leader of the Druze. He was born in Zozan in Greater Khorasan in Samanid-ruled Persia (modern Khaf, Ra ...

, a founding leader of the Druze sect *

Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb ( ar, حمزة علي الخطيب; October 24, 1997 – May 25, 2011) was a 13-year-old Syrian boy who died while in the custody of the Syrian government in Daraa. On April 29, 2011, he was detained during a protest. On May ...

, Syrian child who died of torture and organ destruction while in Esad regime custody

Places

Hamza, Iran Hanza ( fa, هنزا, also Romanized as Hanzā; also known as Hamza) is a village in Anduhjerd Rural District, Shahdad District, Kerman County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 68, in 17 families. References

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, a village in Kerman Province, Iran * Hamza, Iraq, (Al-Hamzah) a village in Qadisiyah Province, Iraq * Hamza Stone, black colored antic rock at the Giresun Adası *

Tala Hamza Tala Hamza is a town in northern Algeria in the Béjaïa Province The Béjaïa Province ( Kabyle: ''Tawilayt n Bgayet''; ar, ولاية بجاية, Latn, ar, Wilāyat Bijāyah; french: wilaya de Béjaïa or ) is a province of Algeria in the ...

, town in northern Algeria * Hamza River, a very large aquifer, that roughly follows the course of the Amazon River, in Brazil *

Hamza (district) Yashnobod ( uz, Yashnobod tumani, russian: Яшнободский район, Yashnobodsky rayon) is one of 12 districts (''tuman'') of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Overview The district was established in 1968 with name Khamza district. I ...

, a city district of Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan * Hamza station, former name of Novza station on the

Chilonzor Line The Chilonzor Line (, ) was the first line of the Tashkent Metro, opened in 1977 it connected the southern districts of the city with the centre, and then in 1980 extended westwards. Timeline Name changes Transfers References {{reflist ...

of the Tashkent Metro.

Other uses

* ''Hamza'' (cicada), a genus of insects in the family Cicadidae * ''

Hamzanama The ''Hamzanama'' (Persian/Urdu: ''Hamzenâme'', Epic of Hamza) or ''Dastan-e-Amir Hamza'' (Persian/Urdu: ''Dâstâne Amir Hamze'', "Adventures of Amir Hamza") narrates the legendary exploits of Amir Hamza, or Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, an unc ...

'', a 16th-century book * ''

Thymelicus hamza ''Thymelicus hamza'', the Moroccan small skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North Africa and from Anatolia to Turkestan. The length of the forewings is 11–13 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June in one g ...

'', a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae