Yam
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Yam or YAM may refer to:
Plants and foods
- Yam (vegetable), common name for members of Dioscorea
- Sweet potato, an orange-fleshed tuber unrelated to the actual yams of family dioscorea, but often marketed as yams in North America and as kumara in New Zealand
- Yam, a salad in Thai cuisine
- A name for Oxalis tuberosa used in New Zealand and Polynesia
- Jícama, Mexican tuberous root also known as yam or Mexican turnip
Geography
- Yam, old Russian and Ukrainian name for Häme, the tribe of western Finns
- Yam, East Azerbaijan, a village in Marand County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
- 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, California, a former settlement in Merced County
- Yam Island (Queensland), an island in the Torres Strait
- 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, son of Noah (only in Islam, died by drowning in the flood).
Other uses
- Yam (god), a Levantine deity not to be confused with Yama, a Hindu God
- Yam (route), a Mongolian supply point system
- YAM (Yet Another Mailer), a MIME-compliant e-mail client written for AmigaOS based computers
- Yellowstone Art Museum
- Yam festival
- Yam languages, a family of Papuan languages
- Banu Yam, an Arabian tribe
See also
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