Usually means: Glottal stop in Arabic phonology.
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  1. hamza: Merriam-Webster
  2. hamza: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hamza: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hamza: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Hamza, hamza: Wiktionary
  7. hamza: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. Hamza (Tashkent Metro), Hamza (disambiguation), Hamza (name), Hamza (rapper), Hamza: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Hamza: Rhymezone
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hamza)

noun:  A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء (ʔ)) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʔ) (over an alif [ا]), إ (ʔ) (under an alif), ؤ (ʔ) (over a wāw [و]) or ئ (ʔ) (over a dotless yāʾ [ى]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule".
noun:  A male given name from Arabic.
noun:  The Muslim Sahabi Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib.
noun:  A surname from Arabic.

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