Cham or CHAM may refer to:

Ethnicities and languages

* Chams, people in Vietnam and Cambodia ** Cham language, the language of the Cham people ***

Cham script The Cham script is a Brahmic abugida used to write Cham, an Austronesian language spoken by some 245,000 Chams in Vietnam and Cambodia. It is written horizontally left to right, just like other Brahmic abugidas. History The Cham script is a ...

*** Cham (Unicode block), a block of Unicode characters of the Cham script * Cham Albanians, also spelled Çam, a people originating in northern Greece of Albanian descent ** Cham Albanian dialect

People

Cham (singer) Cham (born Damian Beckett, 24 February 1979) is a Jamaican-born dancehall singer-songwriter and actor, mostly known for his 2006 single " Ghetto Story" from his major label debut album of the same name, a song which led to multiple "story" song ...

(born 1979), Jamaica reggae singer known for the single "Ghetto Story" *Cham., standard author abbreviation for botanist Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838) *

Chamillionaire Hakeem Temidayo Seriki (born November 28, 1979), better known by his stage name Chamillionaire (), is an American rapper. He was the founder and an original member of The Color Changin' Click from 2001 until the group split in 2005. He began his ...

(born 1979), American rapper *

Cham Prasidh Cham Prasidh ( km, ចម ប្រសិទ្ធ; born 15 May 1951) is the Cambodian Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation. His Chinese name is 黃裕德虎. Mr Prasidh previously served as a Senior Minister and Minister of ...

(born 1951), Cambodian Minister of Trade *

Adongo Agada Cham King Adongo Agada Akwai Cham (January 1, 1959 – November 30, 2011) was King of the approx. 96,000 Anuak people of South Sudan and the corresponding Western Ethiopian border region. He is the 23rd King of the Anuak Nyiudola Royal Dynasty and was c ...

(1959–2011), king of the Anuak people of Sudan and Ethiopia * Jorge Cham (born 1976), comic-book artist * Patrick Cham (born 1959), French basketball player *

Amédée de Noé Amédée is a French masculine forename. Notable people with the forename include: Persons * Amédée, stage name of Philippe de Chérisey (1923-1985), French writer, radio humorist, surrealist and actor *Amédée Artus (1815-1892), French condu ...

(1818–1879), French artist whose pseudonym was "Cham" *

Ham (son of Noah) Ham (in ), according to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis, was the second son of Noah and the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. Ham's descendants are interpreted by Flavius Josephus and others as having populated Africa and adj ...

, also spelt Cham *Cham, a variant in Gambia of the surname

Thiam Thiam is a both a surname of West African origin and an element in Chinese given names. Surname Origins and statistics As a surname, Thiam is found among the Fula people, Fula and Wolof people, Wolof people of Senegal and nearby countries, and or ...

Places

Cham, Germany Cham (; cs, Kouba) is the capital of the district of Cham in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria in Germany. Location Cham lies within the Cham-Furth lowland, which is bordered on the south by the Bavarian Forest and on the north by the Oberpf� ...

, town *

Cham (district) Cham () is a Districts of Germany, ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Regen (district), Regen, Straubing-Bogen, Regensburg (district), Regensburg and Schwandorf (district) ...

, Germany *

Cham, Switzerland Cham is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. Location Cham is located on the northern shore of Lake Zug, northwest of the cantonal capital of Zug. Surrounding Cham, Steinhausen is to the east, Hünenberg is to the west, Lake Z ...

, a city in the Canton of Zug, Switzerland *

Cham, Iran (disambiguation) Cham ( fa, چم) may refer to: *Cham, Hamadan *Cham, Isfahan *Cham, Falavarjan, Isfahan Province *Cham, Nain, Isfahan Province *Cham, Behbahan, Khuzestan Province *Cham, Izeh, Khuzestan Province *Cham, Ramshir, Khuzestan Province *Cham, Yazd See al ...

Chàm Islands The Cham Islands ( vi, Cù lao Chàm) constitute a group of 8 small islands of Quảng Nam, which form a part of the Cu Lao Cham Marine Park, a world Biosphere Reserve recognized by UNESCO, in the South China Sea (East Sea) in Vietnam. The islan ...

, of Vietnam *Cham, a colloquial name for the French mountain town of Chamonix *Al Cham, French spelling for Al Sham (comprises Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan)

Other uses

* Centro de Humanidades, NOVA FCSH * ''Cham'' (novel), by British writer Jonathan Trigell set in Chamonix Mont Blanc * Cham Bank, a Syrian bank * Cham dance, a masked dance associated with some sects of Buddhism * Cham Palaces and Hotels, a Syria hotel chain based in Syria *

CHAM (AM) CHAM (820 AM) is a radio station in Hamilton, Ontario. Owned by Bell Media, the station broadcasts a comedy format branded on-air as ''Funny 820'', consisting of blocks of stand-up comedy bits and comedic talk shows. CHAM's studios are located o ...

, a radio station in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada * Cham Wings Airlines, a privately owned Syrian airline *

Children's Hospital at Montefiore The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care children's teaching hospital located in the Bronx, New York. The hospital has 193 pediatric beds and is affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medici ...

, in New York *Cham, an archaic spelling of

Khan Khan may refer to: *Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan *Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name *Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...

*''Cham.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of German botanist Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838) * Cham or Kopi Cham, Malaysian beverage of coffee and tea * CHAM! was a fictional J-Pop group in the animated film Perfect Blue

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