Yam

Yam or YAM may refer to:

Plants/ foods

 * Yam (vegetable), common name for members of Dioscorea
 * Taro, known in Malaysia and Singapore as yam
 * Sweet potato, specifically its orange-fleshed cultivars, often referred to as yams in North America
 * Yam, a salad in Thai cuisine
 * Oxalis tuberosa, referred to as yams in New Zealand and Polynesia
 * Pachyrhizus erosus, called jícama, Mexican yam bean, or Mexican turnip, a tuberous root
 * Konjac, Amorphophallus konjac

Geography

 * Yam, see Tavastians, old Russian and Ukrainian name for Häme, the tribe of western Finns
 * Yam fortress, demolished Russian fortress in the modern town of Kingisepp, Russia
 * Piyam, known also as Yam, a village in Marand County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
 * Yam, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, a village in Vladimir Oblast, Russia
 * 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 Island (Queensland), an island in the Torres Strait
 * Yam-Alin, a mountain range in far North-eastern Russia
 * 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 Madar (born 2000), Israeli professional basketball player
 * Yam, son of Noah, son of Noah in Islamic tradition, who died by drowning in the flood
 * Yam Kaspers Anshel, Israeli woman who took part in Miss Universe
 * Yam Wolczak (born 2003), Israeli judoka

Other uses

 * Yam (god), a Levantine deity not to be confused with Yama, a Hindu God
 * Yam (route), a former Russian message delivery service introduced by the Mongol Empire
 * YAM (Yet Another Mailer), a MIME-compliant e-mail client written for AmigaOS based computers
 * Yellowstone Art Museum
 * New Yam Festival of the Igbo
 * Yam languages, a family of Papuan languages
 * Banu Yam, an Arabian tribe
 * Yunarmiya (YAM), or Young Army Cadets National Movement, a Russian military youth organisation