Yam or YAM may refer to:
Plants and foods
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Yam (vegetable), common name for members of ''Dioscorea''
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Taro, known in Malaysia and Singapore as yam
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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
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Oxalis tuberosa'', referred to as yams in New Zealand and Polynesia
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Pachyrhizus erosus, called jícama, Mexican yam bean, or Mexican turnip, a tuberous root
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Konjac, 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 (historical province), Tavastia (Häme) ...
, old Russian and Ukrainian name for Häme, the tribe of western Finns
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Yam fortress, demolished Russian fortress in the modern town of Kingisepp, Russia
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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
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Yam, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, a village in Vladimir Oblast, Russia
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Yam, North Khorasan, a village in Faruj County, North Khorasan Province, Iran
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Yam, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
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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
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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 c ...
, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
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Yam Island (Queensland), an island in the Torres Strait
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Yam-Alin, a mountain range in far North-eastern Russia
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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 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
See also
* Yam yam (disambiguation)
* Yama (disambiguation)
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