Lam

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Contents 1 lām 2 Lam 3 LAM 4 Lam. 5 Surname 5.1 India 5.2 Vietnamese 5.3 Cantonese 5.4 Other nationalities 5.5 Fictional people 6 See also 7 References

Lam and its various forms has several meanings.

[edit] lām

• Lām, a letter of the Arabic alphabet

[edit] 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

[edit] 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^[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
• Lipoarabinomannan, a glycolipid associated with the cell wall of Mycobacterium tubercolosis
• Laser aiming module, a term for laser sights for firearms

[edit] Lam.

May be an abbreviation for:

• The Book of Lamentations in the Tanakh.
• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829), French naturalist.
• Short for Lamborghini.

[edit] Surname

[edit] India

Lam is a surname in Southern India.

[edit] Vietnamese

Lâm is a common Vietnamese surname.

Andrew Lam, writer

Lam Quang Thi, member of the South Vietnamese military

Charles Tran Van Lam, politician

Tony Lam, Vietnamese American politician

Lam Nguyen, a student at Cal State University of Fullerton

[edit] Cantonese

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

James Lam, author and consultant

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

Adrian Lam, coach

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

Roden Won Log Lam, Hulk, conservationist, groupie

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

[edit] Other nationalities

• Adrian Lam, Australian rugby league player
• Jan Lam, Polish journalist
• Simon S. Lam, American professor

[edit] Fictional people

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

[edit] 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
• Lum Invader, a fictional character from the manga and anime series Urusei Yatsura whose name is sometimes romanized as "Lam"

[edit] References

1. ^ Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts - Loadable Authentication Module Programming Interface