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Yam or YAM may refer to:
Plants/ foods
edit- 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
- Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, known commonly as elephant foot yam.
Geography
edit- 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
edit- 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 Islamic tradition, who died by drowning in the flood
- Yam Wolczak (born 2003), Israeli judoka
Other uses
edit- 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
- Yunarmiya (YAM), or Young Army Cadets National Movement, a Russian military youth organisation
