Sam

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"

English

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sam (plural Sams)

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Samuel, or rarely of Samson. Also used as a formal given name.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
  3. A surname from Cantonese, a romanization of 岑 (cén) or 沈 (shěn).
  4. A town in the Alibori department, Benin.
  5. A town in Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso.
  6. A town in the Bourzanga department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
  7. A village in the Kongoussi department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
  8. A Trans-New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.
  9. A surname from Khmer
  10. (Ireland, informal) The Sam Maguire Cup awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team.

Derived terms

Noun

Sam (plural Sams)

  1. (UK, informal) Synonym of Dicky Sam (“a man from Liverpool”)

Derived terms

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Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Samuel.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sam m

  1. a male given name

Proper noun

Sam f

  1. a female given name

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German soum, from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz. Cognate with German Saum, English seam, Dutch zoom.

Pronunciation

Noun

Sam m (plural Seem)

  1. seam, hem

Maranao

Proper noun

Sam

  1. Thailand, Siam (a country in Southeast Asia)

References

Sundanese

Etymology

From Malay Syam, from Arabic شَام (šām), الشَّام (aš-šām)

Pronunciation

Noun

Sam

  1. Greater Syria, the Levant (a region of Western Asia, in the Middle East)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Wawacan Ahmad Muhammad:
      ...Raja Madinah lan Mekah,
      Raja Yaman, Sam, jeung Turki,
      Raja Kudis, Yunan, Kupah,
      Raja Erum sami linggih.
      ...The kings of Medina and Mecca
      The kings of Yemen, Levant, and the Turks
      The kings of Jerusalem, Greece and Kufa
      The king of Rome, sitting too

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