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 tr ...

, 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 The sweet potato or sweetpotato ('' Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable. The young ...

, 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 cul ...

'', referred to as yams in New Zealand and Polynesia * Pachyrhizus erosus, 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 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 coun ...

, 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), 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 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), 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) 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

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