Yam or YAM may refer to:

Plants and foods

Yam (vegetable) Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus '' Dioscorea'' (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers. Yams are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in many temperate and tropi ...

, common name for members of ''Dioscorea'' *

Taro Taro () (''Colocasia esculenta)'' is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in Africa ...

, known in Malaysia and Singapore as yam *

Sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the Convolvulus, bindweed or morning glory family (biology), family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a r ...

, specifically its orange-fleshed cultivars, often referred to as yams in North America *Yam, a salad in Thai cuisine *''

Oxalis tuberosa ''Oxalis tuberosa'' is a perennial herbaceous plant that overwinters as underground stem tubers. These tubers are known as uqa in Quechua, oca in Spanish, yam in New Zealand and a number of other alternative names. The plant was brought into cult ...

'', referred to as yams in New Zealand and Polynesia *

Pachyrhizus erosus ''Pachyrhizus erosus'', commonly known as jícama ( or ; Spanish ''jícama'' ; from Nahuatl ''xīcamatl'', ) Mexican turnip, is the name of a native Mexican vine, although the name most commonly refers to the plant's edible tuberous root. Jícam ...

, called jícama, Mexican yam bean, or Mexican turnip, a tuberous root * Konjac, Amorphophallus konjac

Geography

*Yam, see

Tavastians Tavastians ( fi, Hämäläiset, sv, Tavaster, russian: Емь, Yem, Yam) are a historic people and a modern subgroup (heimo) of the Finnish people. They live in areas of the historical province of Tavastia (historical province), Tavastia (Häme) ...

, old Russian and Ukrainian name for Häme, the tribe of western Finns * Yam fortress, demolished Russian fortress in the modern town of Kingisepp, Russia *

Piyam Piyam ( fa, پيام, also Romanized as Piyām, Payām, and Pīām; also known as Yām) is a village in Mishab-e Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Marand County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Is ...

, known also as Yam, a village in Marand County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Yam, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, a village in Vladimir Oblast, Russia * Yam, North Khorasan, a village in Faruj County, North Khorasan Province, Iran *

Yam, Razavi Khorasan Yam ( fa, يام, also Romanized as Yām) is a village in Yam Rural District, Meshkan District, Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country l ...

, a village in Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *

Yam, Tehran Yam ( fa, يام, also Romanized as Yām) is a village in Tarand Rural District, Jalilabad District, Pishva County, Tehran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country locate ...

, a village in Pishva County, Tehran Province, Iran *

Yam Rural District Yam Rural District ( fa, دهستان يام) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Meshkan District, Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a c ...

, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *

Yam Island (Queensland) Yam Island, called ''Yama'' or ''Iama'' in the Kulkalgau Ya language or Turtle-backed Island in English, is an island of the Bourke Isles group of the Torres Strait Islands, located in the Tancred Passage of the Torres Strait in Queensland, A ...

, an island in the Torres Strait *

Yam-Alin The Yam-Alin (russian: Ям-Алинь) is a mountain range in Amur Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East.Google Earth The range is part of the Ezop/Yam-Alin volcanic zone. History The range is located in a remote area and was unexplored ...

, a mountain range in far North-eastern Russia *

Sault Ste. Marie Airport Sault Ste. Marie Airport is an international airport located west-southwest of the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada at the far eastern end of Lake Superior and the beginning of the St. Mary's River. History The Canadian government o ...

, from its IATA airport code

Names

Ren (surname) Rén is the Mandarin pinyin romanisation of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanised as Jen in Wade–Giles, and Yam or Yum in Cantonese. It is listed 58th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. As ...

, spelled Yam or Yum in Cantonese **

Simon Yam Simon Yam Tat-wah (; born 19 March 1955) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He received international acclaim for his performances in international film festival and box office hits such as ''Naked Killer'', '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'', ''Election' ...

, Hong Kong actor *

Lindile Yam Lt General Lindile Yam (born on 8 August 1960) is the former SANDF Chief of staff and the former Chief of the South African Army. Career He joined Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC, in 1981 and became part of the South Africa ...

(born 1960), Chief of the South African Army and lieutenant general * Yam Madar (born 2000), Israeli professional basketball player * Yam, son of Noah, son of Noah in Islamic tradition, who died by drowning in the flood * Yam Kaspers Anshel, Israeli woman who took part in Miss Universe

Other uses

* Yam (god), a Levantine deity not to be confused with Yama, a Hindu God *

Yam (route) Yam ( mn, Өртөө, ''Örtöö'', ''checkpoint'') was a postal system or supply point route messenger system extensively used and expanded by Ögedei Khan and also used by subsequent Great Khans and Khans. Relay stations provided food, shelter ...

, a former Russian message delivery service introduced by the

Mongol Empire The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous land empire in history. Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol Empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to parts of Eastern Europe, ...

* YAM (Yet Another Mailer), a MIME-compliant e-mail client written for AmigaOS based computers * Yellowstone Art Museum *

New Yam Festival of the Igbo The New Yam Festival of the Igbo people (''Orureshi in the idoma area'', Iwa ji, Iri ji or Ike ji, Otute depending on dialect) is an annual cultural festival by the Igbo people that is held at the end of the rainy season in early August.

* Yam languages, a family of Papuan languages * Banu Yam, an Arabian tribe

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