Harem (disambiguation)
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May have the following possible meanings:
- Harem, the ḥarîm حريم (cf. ḥaram) is the part of the household forbidden to male strangers.
- Imperial Harem (Ottoman), in the Seraglio palace of Topkapi, was a major part of the Ottoman Sultan's court
- "polygyny"
- Harem in zoology refers to animal polygyny
in popular culture
- Harem (film), a 1985 film starring Nastassja Kinski and Ben Kingsley.
- Harem (album), a 2003 album (and tour) by singer Sarah Brightman.
- Harem anime, an anime subgenre
in geography
- Harem, Syria a city in Syria
- Harem (Istanbul neighbourhood), a neighbourhood in Istanbul, Turkey
Biblical
- Harem (also Arem), one of the forefathers of the Jews in Babylonian exile in the Biblical Book of Nehemiah (7:35)
[edit] See also
- HAREM is a Portuguese named entity recognition systems evaluation contest, held in 2005 and 2006.