Abu Hummus, also Abu Humus, Abu Hommos, Abu Homos, Abou Homs (Arabic: أبو حمص) is a town in Beheira Governorate, Egypt, an administrative center of markaz Abu Hummus. The old name of the town is Shubra Bar (Arabic: شبرا بار) which Ramzi derives from Chabriou Kome (Ancient Greek: Χαβρίου Κώμη) named after Chabrias. Gauthier derives the modern name from Egyptian hap-m-s "which hides what is in it". Abu Hummus spans between the and the El-Mahmoudeya Canal.