Lam
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lam"
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Cantonese 林 (lam4) or Cantonese 藍/蓝 (lam4). Doublet of Lin and Lim.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lam (plural Lams)
- A surname from Cantonese.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lam is the 611st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 55554 individuals. Lam is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (87.99%) individuals.
Anagrams[edit]
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lam m pers
- a male surname
Declension[edit]
Declension of Lam
Proper noun[edit]
Lam f (indeclinable)
- a female surname
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Romanization of Cantonese 林 (lam4), via English Lam. Doublet of Lim.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlam/ [ˈlam]
- Rhymes: -am
- Syllabification: Lam
Proper noun[edit]
Lam (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋ᜔)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lam is the 1,559th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 6,896 individuals.
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- English surnames from Cantonese
- Polish terms derived from German
- Polish 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/am
- Rhymes:Polish/am/1 syllable
- Polish lemmas
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- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- Polish surnames
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- Polish indeclinable nouns
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