Sham
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Sham may refer to:
Arabic use
- Al-Sham, endonym of the region bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, usually known as the Levant or the region of Syria: Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Cyprus and the Turkish Hatay Province
- Bilad al-Sham the Caliphate province of the same region
- ash-Shām, or Sham (الشام), another name for Damascus, one of the largest cities in the region
- Jund al-Sham, militant group based in Afghanistan, meaning "Army of Syria"
- Sham el-Nessim, Egyptian holiday marking the beginning of spring
- Sham, or Alsahm, the Arabic name for the star Alpha Sagittae
English use
- S.H.A.M., Australian rap group, famous for their hit, Romulus and Remus
- Sham 69, English punk band
- Sam the Sham, stage name of U.S. rock singer Domingo “Sam” Samudio
- Sham, a name for the cover of a pillow
- Sham-operated group, a control group in laboratory experiments involving surgical procedures
- Sham election, another name for a Show election
- Sham marriage, a marriage entered into with intent to deceive
- Sham surgery, surgery omitting the therapeutic component
- Sham peer review, a fraudulent or malicious form of peer review
- Sham (film), a lost 1921 silent film based on a Broadway play starring Ethel Clayton
Chinese use
- Kohn–Sham equations, named after Walter Kohn and Lu Jeu Sham
- Sham Chun River, on the border of Hong Kong and mainland China
- Sham Shui Po District, a district of Hong Kong
- Sham Kwok Fai, association football player from Hong Kong
Other uses
- Sham (horse), American Thoroughbred horse born in 1970 who won multiple graded stakes races
- Sham Stakes, a race named for the horse
- Sham, Iran
- Sham, a character in the X-Men 2099 comic book series
- The acronym SHAM, which is shorthand for Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode, a climate pattern