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hussein
/huˈseɪn/
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What does hussein mean?
proper noun
- A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Husayn.
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/huˈseɪn/
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A thin haze of smoke hovers immediately above the streets, through which are visible the minarets and domes of the mosques, the square, illumined towers of the Shah's anderoon, the monster skeleton dome of the canvas theatre, beneath which the Shah gives once a year the royal tazzia (representation of the tragedy of "Hussein and Hassan"), and the tall chimney of the arsenal, from which a column of black smoke is issuing.