Dammam
Proper noun
Meaning
Dammam
A city in northeastern Saudi Arabia; the capital of Eastern Province.
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Examples
Following threats made by Abdullah bin Faisal to attack Bahrain, the British navy dispatched a ship off the coast of Dammam to prevent any attacks.
In a move which angered Mohammed bin Khalifa, Faisal bin Turki provided a safe haven for Abdullah bin Ahmed's sons in Dammam in 1852.
Hostilities were provoked again after the Bahraini sheikh, in response to the harboring of Bahraini fugitives in Dammam, stopped paying tribute to the Wahhabi amir in 1859 and proceeded to instigate Qatari tribes to attack its subjects.
Unlike the Bahraini strike, this was similar to Saudi Arabia’s Dammam field discovered three years before. citation Production was halted between 1942 and 1947 because of World War II and its aftermath.
Although public education is making great strides there are still numerous places where the traditional practices will last for many years—places like Dammam.
By May, 1937, everybody around Dammam admitted that the well was in bad shape and was going to be slow.