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 (some other species in the genus being toxic). Yams are perennial herbaceous vines native to Africa, Asia, and the America ...

, 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, stems and Petiole (botany), petioles. Taro corms are a ...

, known in Malaysia and Singapore as yam *

Sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its sizeable, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable, which is a staple food in parts of ...

, specifically its orange-fleshed cultivars, often referred to as yams in North America * Yam, a salad in

Thai cuisine Thai cuisine (, , ) is the national cuisine of Thailand. Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly prepared dishes with aromatics and spicy heat. The Australian chef David Thompson (chef), David Thompson, an expert on Thai food, observes that ...

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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, yams in New Zealand and several 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 ; ; from ) or Mexican turnip, is a native Mesoamerican vine, although the name ''jícama'' most commonly refers to the plant's edible tuberous root. It is in the pea family (Fabaceae ...

'', called jícama, Mexican yam bean, or Mexican turnip, a tuberous root * Konjac, ''Amorphophallus konjac'' * ''

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius ''Amorphophallus paeoniifolius'', the elephant foot yam or whitespot giant arum, is a tropical plant native to Island Southeast Asia. It is cultivated for its edible tubers in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Madagascar, New Guinea, and the Pacific ...

'', known commonly as elephant foot yam

Geography

* Yam, see

Tavastians The Tavastians (; ) were an ancient Finnish tribes, Finnish tribe that inhabited the historical province of Tavastia (historical province), Tavastia (). In Russian sources, they are called ''Yem'' (Емь) or ''Yam'' (Ямь), but the term later ...

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

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

, 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 () 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, a village in Faruj County, North Khorasan Province, Iran *

Yam, Razavi Khorasan Yam () is a village in, and the capital of, Yam Rural District of Meshkan District, Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 442 in 119 ho ...

, 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 () is in Meshkan District of Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, ...

, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *

Yam Island (Queensland) Yam Island, called ''Yama'' or ''Iama'' in the Kalaw Lagaw Ya, 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 ...

, an island in the Torres Strait *

Yam-Alin The Yam-Alin () 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 until mid 19th century. ...

, a mountain range in far North-eastern Russia * Sault Ste. Marie Airport, from its IATA airport code

Names

Ren (surname) Rén is the Standard Chinese, Mandarin pinyin romanisation of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character, Chinese script. It is romanised as Jen in Wade–Giles, and Yam or Yum in Cantonese. It is listed 58th in the Song dynasty Chinese clas ...

, 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 is best known for his performances in films such as '' PTU'' (2003), ''Election'' (2005), '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'' (2005), ''Triangle'' (2007), '' Sparrow'' (2008), ' ...

, Hong Kong actor *

Lindile Yam Lindile Yam (born 8 August 1960) is the former SANDF Chief of staff and 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 African National Defence F ...

(born 1960), Chief of the South African Army and lieutenant general *

Yam Madar Yam Madar (; born ) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Ligat HaAl and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Israel senior national team internationally. He joined Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier L ...

(born 2000), Israeli professional basketball player * Yam, son of Noah, son of Noah in Islamic tradition, who died by drowning in the flood *

Yam Wolczak Yam Wolczak (; born 7 May 2003) is an Israeli judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百 ...

(born 2003), Israeli judoka

Other uses

Yam (god) Yam (sometimes Yamm; ; “sea”) was a god representing the sea and other sources of water worshiped in various locations on the eastern Mediterranean coast, as well as further inland in modern Syria. He is best known from the Ugaritic texts. ...

, a Levantine deity not to be confused with Yama, a Hindu God *

Yam (route) The ''yam'' or ''jam'' (), also called the ''örtöö'' (), was a Mongol postal system or supply point route messenger system. It was extensively used and expanded by Ögedei Khan and also used by subsequent great khans and khans. Relay station ...

, a former Russian message delivery service introduced by the

Mongol Empire The Mongol Empire was the List of largest empires, largest contiguous empire in human history, 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 Euro ...

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

New Yam Festival of the Igbo The New Yam Festival of the Igbo people (known as Orureshi in Idoma, or Iwa ji, Iri ji, Ike ji, or 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 language family, family of Papuan languages. They include many of the languages south and west of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea and Indonesian Western New Guinea (South Pap ...

, a family of Papuan languages *

Banu Yam Banu Yam (, ') 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 suited to life in ...

, an Arabian tribe * ''Yunarmiya'' (YAM), or

Young Army Cadets National Movement The All-Russian Military Patriotic Social Movement "Young Army" () is a youth organization supported and funded by the Government of Russia through the Ministry of Defence (Russia), Ministry of Defence with a mission to train future personnel f ...

, a Russian military youth organisation

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