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Lam

Lam and its various forms has several meanings.

lām

Lām, a letter of the Arabic alphabet

Lam

A part of the phrase "on the lam"
Mor lam, an ancient Lao form of song in Laos
Lam saravane music genre
Lam luang music genre
Lam, Germany, a town in Bavaria

LAM

Lactational amenorrhea method, a contraceptive method
Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique - National airline of Mozambique
LAM, an internet slang acronym meaning "leave a message"
LAM, the International Air Transport Association airport code for Los Alamos Airport
LAM/MPI, an MPI programming environment and development system for heterogeneous computers on a network
Land-Air 'Mech, a variety of BattleMech in the BattleTech board game
Loadable Authentication Modules, an authentication framework used by IBM AIX
Lobe Attachment Module - a type of token ring connection.
London After Midnight, an L.A. Band.
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a rare lung disease
the collection code of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Lightweight Attack Munition, a weapon in the computer game Deus Ex
Lipoarabinomannan, a glycolipid associated with the cell wall of Mycobacterium tubercolosis
Laser aiming module, a term for laser sights for firearms
LAM, the browser based LDAP Account Manager [http://lam.sourceforge.net/]
Local Affiliate Module - an add-on module for Relsys' Argus adverse drug event case management system. LAM provides services to local call centers prior to the entry of cases into the main Argus system.

Lam.

May be an abbreviation for: The Book of Lamentations in the Tanakh.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829), French naturalist.
Short for Lamborghini.
Abbreviation for Laser Aiming Module on certain firearms.

Surname

India

Lam is a surname in Southern India.

Vietnamese

Lâm is a common Vietnamese surname. Andrew Lam, writer
Lam Quang Thi, member of the South Vietnamese military
Tony Lam, Vietnamese American politician

Cantonese

Lam is a common Cantonese (Hong Kong) surname. It is a variant of Mandarin Chinese Lin

Adrian Lam, coach
Anthony Lam, fire fighter
Bun-Ching Lam, concert pianist and composer
Carmelita Lam, model , singer , dancer
Carol Lam, ex. US Attorney
Chet Lam, singer/songwriter
Chua Lam, newspaper columnist
Dale Lam, choreographer
David Lam, Lieutenant Governor
Derek Lam, fashion designer
Eman Lam, musician
George Lam (林子祥), singer
James Lam, author and consultant
Karena Lam (林嘉欣), actress
Lam Bun, radio commentator
Lam Kor-wan, serial killer
Misimoa Lam, Poet, Cosmologist
Pat Lam, rugby player
Raymond Lam, actor
Richard Lam, lyricist
Ringo Lam, film director
Stephen Lam, government official
Tony Lam, politician
Sandy Lam, singer
Sarah Lam, actress
Yin-ling Lam, news broadcaster

Lam is also an uncommon (South East Asia) surname. It is a variant of Mandarin Chinese Lan literary means "blue". Lam means forest.

Hakka

Lam is a common Hakka surname. It is a variant of Mandarin Chinese Lan which literally means "blue"(蓝). It is sometimes written as Lum.

Other nationalities

Adrian Lam, Australian rugby league player
Domingos Lam (1928-2009), Macanese bishop
Jan Lam, Polish journalist
Simon S. Lam, American professor
Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist
Lam Akol, Sudan ex-Foreign Minister

Fictional people

Carolyn Lam, character in Stargate SG-1
Donald Lam, Erle Stanley Gardner detective

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Lam" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese.

Translation(s) in other languages: German: LAM, Esperanto: LAM, French: LAM, Italian: LAM, Japanese: LAM, Ripuarian: LAM (Watt ėßß datt?).


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