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Palm

Palm usually refers to the central region of the front of the hand. It may also refer to:

Individuals

August Palm, (1849-1922) Swedish socialist activist
Evy Palm (born 1942), a Swedish long-distance runner
Jan Gerard Palm (1831-1906), a Curaçao born composer
Jacobo Palm (1887-1982), a Curaçao born composer
John Palm (1885-1925), a Curaçao born composer
Rudolph Palm (1880-1950), a Curaçao born composer

Botany

Arecaceae or Arecaceae, a family of flowering plants belonging to the monocot order Arecales
Traveler's palm or Ravenala madagascariensis, a species of banana-like plant from Madagascar

Technology

Palm (PDA), the personal digital assistant
Palm OS, the operating system of such PDAs

Business

Palm, Inc., a hardware manufacturer of personal digital assistants and smartphones
Palms Casino Resort, a resort and residential tower in Las Vegas, Nevada
The Palm (restaurant), a restaurant chain originating in New York City
Palm Breweries, a Belgian company
Palm Pictures, an arthouse film distribution company
Palm Records, a Hawaiian company

Places

Palms, Los Angeles, California
Thousand Palms, California
Twentynine Palms, California
Palm Islands, three artificial islands off the coast of Dubai

Other

Palm branch (symbol)
Photoactivated Localization Microscopy or PALM
Palm (length), unit of length
Palm Sunday

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Palm" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Simple English, Slovak, Swedish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Bulgarian: Палма (пояснение), Hungarian: Pálma, Japanese: パーム, Thai: ปาล์ม (แก้ความกำกวม), Turkish: Palm (anlam ayrımı).


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