Yam

Yam or YAM may refer to:

Plants and foods

• Yam (vegetable), common name for members of Dioscorea
• Sweet potato, specifically its orange-fleshed cultivars, 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
• Major General Lindile Yam, SANDF

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

See also

• Yama (disambiguation)