Cham or CHAM may refer to:

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Chams The Cham ( Cham: ''Čaṃ'') or Champa people ( Cham: , ''Urang Campa''; vi, Người Chăm or ; km, ជនជាតិចាម, ) are an Austronesian ethnic group. From the 2nd century to 1832 the Cham populated Champa, a contiguous territ ...

, people in Vietnam and Cambodia **

Cham language Cham (Cham: ꨌꩌ) is a Malayo-Polynesian languages, Malayo-Polynesian language of the Austronesian languages, Austronesian family, spoken by the Cham people, Chams of Southeast Asia. It is spoken primarily in the territory of the former Kingdo ...

, 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 ...

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Cham (Unicode block) Cham is a Unicode block containing characters of the Cham script, which is used for writing the Cham language, primarily used for the Eastern dialect in Cambodia and Vietnam. A separate block for Western Cham, used in Cambodia, was first proposed ...

, a block of Unicode characters of the Cham script *

Cham Albanians Cham Albanians or Chams ( sq, Çamë; el, Τσάμηδες, ''Tsámidhes''), are a sub-group of Albanians who originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Chameria. Th ...

, also spelled Çam, a people originating in northern Greece of Albanian descent **

Cham Albanian dialect The Cham Albanian dialect ( sq, Çamërisht, Dialekti çam), also called ''Cham Tosk'' or ''Arvanitika'' , is the dialect of the Albanian language spoken by the Cham Albanians, an ethnic Albanian minority in the Epirus region of northwestern Gre ...

People

* Cham (singer) (born 1979), Jamaica reggae singer known for the single "Ghetto Story" *Cham., standard author abbreviation for botanist

Adelbert von Chamisso Adelbert von Chamisso (; 30 January 178121 August 1838) was a German poet and botanist, author of ''Peter Schlemihl'', a famous story about a man who sold his shadow. He was commonly known in French as Adelbert de Chamisso (or Chamissot) de Bonc ...

(1781–1838) * Chamillionaire (born 1979), American rapper * Cham Prasidh (born 1951), Cambodian Minister of Trade * Adongo Agada Cham (1959–2011), king of the Anuak people of Sudan and Ethiopia *

Jorge Cham Jorge Gabriel Cham (Spanish: �xorxe (born 1976) is an engineer-turned cartoonist, writer and producer, who writes the web comic strip ''Piled Higher and Deeper'' (''PhD Comics''). Cham was born in Panama and lives in the United States, where he ...

(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 cond ...

(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 ad ...

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

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 ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Regen, Straubing-Bogen, Regensburg and Schwandorf and by the Czech Plzeň Region. History The first historical date ...

, 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 ...

, a city in the Canton of Zug, Switzerland * Cham, Iran (disambiguation) *

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 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ( frp, Chamôni), more commonly known as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. In 2019, it had ...

*Al Cham, French spelling for

Al Sham Syria ( Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔒂𔒠 ''Sura/i''; gr, Συρία) or Sham ( ar, ٱلشَّام, ash-Shām) is the name of a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in Western Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. Other ...

(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 Cham Bank ( ar, بنك الشام) is the first Islamic bank to be established in Syria. It started operations in 2007. The Bank's operations and activities are supervised by the Central Bank of Syria. Objectives of the bank Cham Bank works to ...

, a Syrian bank * Cham dance, a masked dance associated with some sects of Buddhism *

Cham Palaces and Hotels Cham Palaces and Hotels ( ar, سلسلة فنادق الشام) is a five star Syrian-based hotel chain. The chain has hotels in major Syrian cities and touristic spots, and has already expanded into neighboring Jordan. Hotels Syria * Apamee Cham ...

, a Syria hotel chain based in Syria *

CHAM (radio station) 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 Cham Wings Airlines ( ar, أجنحة الشام للطيران, links= , previously known as Sham Wing Airlines) is a private Syrian airline with its head office in Damascus, Syria. The company slogan is ''Fly Beyond The Limits.'' History Cham W ...

, a privately owned Syrian airline * Children's Hospital at Montefiore, in New York *Cham, an archaic spelling of Khan *''Cham.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of German botanist

(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 is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon. It is based on the novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, with a screenplay written by Sadayuki Murai. Featuring the voices of Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shiho Niiy ...

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