Yam or YAM may refer to:

Plants and foods

* Yam (vegetable), common name for members of ''Dioscorea'' * Taro, 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'', referred to as yams in New Zealand and Polynesia * Pachyrhizus erosus, 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, 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), an island in the Torres Strait * Yam-Alin, 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), spelled Yam or Yum in Cantonese ** Simon Yam, 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), 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 * Yam languages, a family of Papuan languages * Banu Yam, an Arabian tribe

Plants and foods

Geography

Names

Other uses

See also