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 ...

, 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 Afri ...

, known in Malaysia and Singapore as yam * Sweet potato, specifically its orange-fleshed cultivars, often referred to as yams in North America *Yam, a salad in

Thai cuisine Thai cuisine ( th, อาหารไทย, , ) is the national cuisine of Thailand. Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly prepared dishes with strong aromatic components and a spicy edge. Australian chef David Thompson, an expert on Thai ...

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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. Jíca ...

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

Konjac Konjac (or konjak, ) is a common name of the East and Southeast Asian plant ''Amorphophallus konjac'' ( syn. ''A. rivieri''), which has an edible corm (bulbo-tuber). It is also known as konjaku, konnyaku potato, devil's tongue, voodoo lily, sn ...

, 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 (Häme) and speak Tavastian dialects ...

, old Russian and Ukrainian name for Häme, the tribe of western Finns *

Yam fortress Yam (Yama, Yamgorod, ) is a fortress and heritage site located on the eastern bank of the Luga river in Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The fortress was built in 1384 by Ivan Fyodorovich, a boyar (noble) of the Novgorod republic, to prote ...

, demolished Russian fortress in the modern town of Kingisepp, Russia * Piyam, known also as Yam, a village in Marand County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran *

Yam, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast Yam (russian: Ям) is a rural locality (a village) in Krasnoplamenskoye Rural Settlement, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 15 as of 2010.Yam, North Khorasan , native_name_lang = fa , settlement_type = Village , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_alt = , ...

, 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, a village in Pishva County, Tehran Province, Iran * Yam Rural District, 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, ...

, 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, 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''. A ...

, 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 Yam Madar ( he, ים מדר; born ) is an Israeli player ,and professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Israel senior national team internationally. ...

(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 Yam Kaspers Anshel ( he, ים קספרס אנשל; born February 15, 1998) is an Israeli beauty pageant titleholder who became first runner-up in Miss Israel 2016. She represented Israel at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant. Personal life Yam wa ...

, Israeli woman who took part in Miss Universe

Other uses

Yam (god) Yam (also ''Yamm''; Semitic: ) is the god of the sea in the Canaanite pantheon. He takes the role of the adversary of Baal in the Ugaritic '' Baal Cycle''. The deity's name derives from the Canaanite word for "Sea", and is one name of the Ug ...

, 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, shelte ...

, a former Russian message delivery service introduced by the Mongol Empire *

YAM (Yet Another Mailer) YAM (short for Yet Another Mailer) is a MIME-compliant E-mail client written for AmigaOS and derivative operating systems. Originally created by Marcel Beck, it currently supports multiple user accounts, encrypted communications via OpenSSL and ...

, a MIME-compliant e-mail client written for AmigaOS based computers *

Yellowstone Art Museum The Yellowstone Art Museum in downtown Billings, Montana is the largest contemporary art museum in Montana. History and mission of the museum The Yellowstone Art Center (now the Yellowstone Art Museum, or YAM) opened in October 1964 in the former ...

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 The Yam languages, also known as the Morehead River languages, are a family of Papuan languages. They include many of the languages south and west of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea and Indonesian West Papua. Name The name ''Morehead and Upp ...

, a family of Papuan languages *

Banu Yam Banu Yam ( ar, بنو يام, ') is an Arabian tribe that belongs to the Qahtanite branch of Arabian tribes, specifically the group known as Banu Hamdan, and are, therefore, native to southwestern Arabia. Their traditional way of life was well ...

, an Arabian tribe

Plants and foods

Geography

Names

Other uses

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