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, 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, 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, a village in Pishva County, Tehran Province, Iran *Yam Rural District, 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, 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 Islam#Family, 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 *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