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, 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 , settlement_type = County , image_skyline = روستای طبس سبزوار.jpg , imagesize ...

, 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 (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

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Other uses

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