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Lam and its various forms has several meanings.
lām
- The Arabic form of the letter lamedh.
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/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[1]
- 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 Muniton, a weapon in the computer game Deus Ex
- LAM (music band)
Lam.
May be an abbreviation for:
- The Book of Lamentations in the Tanakh.
- Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829), French naturalist.
- Short for Lamborghini.
Surname
India
Lam is a surname in Southern India.
Vietnamese
Lâm is a common Vietnamese surname.
- Andrew Lam, writer
- Lam Quang Thi,
- Charles Tran Van Lam, politician
- Tony Lam, Vietnamese American politician
Cantonese
Lam is a common Cantonese (Hong Kong) surname. It is a variant of Mandarin Chinese Lin.
- Kai Lam, stripper
- Wilfredo Lam, artist
- Ringo Lam, film director
- Chet Lam, singer/songwriter
- Carol Lam, ex. US Attorney
- George Lam (林子祥), singer
- Richard Lam, lyricist
- Tony Lam, politician
- Lam Kor-wan, serial killer
- Anthony Lam, fire fighter
- Chris Lam, tennis player
- Adrian Lam, coach
- Edwin Lam, lobster farmer
- Eman Lam, musician
- Sarah Lam, actress
- Pat Lam, rugby player
- Lam Bun, radio commentator
- David Lam, Lieutenant Governor
- Sandy Lam, singer
- Derek Lam, fashion designer
- Stephen Lam, government official
- Raymond Lam, actor
- Karena Lam(林嘉欣), actress
- Dale Lam, choreographer
- Chua Lam, newspaper columnist
- Yin-ling Lam, news broadcaster
- Bun-Ching Lam, concert pianist and composer
Lam is also an uncommon (South East Asia) surname. It is a variant of Mandarin Chinese Lan literary means "blue".
Other nationalities
- Adrian Lam, Australian rugby league player
- Jan Lam, Polish journalist
- Johnson Lam, Malaysian race car driver
- Simon S. Lam, American professor
Fictional people
- Carolyn Lam, character in Stargate SG-1
- Donald Lam, Erle Stanley Gardner detective
See also
- Tai Lam Country Park, Hong Kong
- Po Lam, area of Hong Kong
- Lam Research, semiconductor design company
- Phra Lak Phra Lam, Lao version of the Ramayana
- Monts de Lam, a department of Chad
