Ham

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ham"

English

Etymology 1

From Old English hām.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæm/
• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophone: ham

Proper noun

Ham (countable and uncountable, plural Hams)

1. A surname.
2. A suburban area in borough of Richmond upon Thames and borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1771).
3. Two districts (East Ham and West Ham) in borough of Newham, Greater London.
4. A hamlet in Kent, England.
5. A small village and civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, south of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3363).
6. A village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2373)

Derived terms

• East Ham
• Ham Street, Hamstreet

• Newham
• West Ham

Etymology 2

From Hebrew חָם.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæm/
• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophone: ham

Proper noun

Ham

1. (biblical) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 9:18:

     And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

Derived terms

• Hamite
• Hamitic

Translations

a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem

• Afrikaans: Gam
• Arabic: حَام (ḥām)
• Armenian: Քամ (Kʻam)

  Old Armenian: Քամ (Kʻam)

• Bengali: হাম (ham)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 含 (ham⁴)

  Hakka: 含 (Hàm)

  Mandarin: 含 (zh) (Hán)

  Min Nan: 含 (zh-min-nan) (Hâm)

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• Czech: Chám m
• Dutch: Cham
• Finnish: Haam
• French: Cham (fr) m
• German: Ham
• Hungarian: Kám (hu), Hám (hu)
• Latin: Cham
• Polish: Cham (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cam m, Cã m, Cão m
• Russian: Хам (ru) m (Xam)
• Spanish: Cam (es), Châm
• Vietnamese: Cham

Anagrams

• HMA, MHA, Mah, mah

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Dutch

Etymology

• (Limburg) First attested as Ham around 1776. Derived from ham (“alluvial land in the bend of a river”).
• (Land van Cuijk) First attested as Ham in 1803-1820. Derived from ham (“alluvial land in the bend of a river”).
• (Meierijstad) First attested as hamme in 1368. Derived from ham (“alluvial land in the bend of a river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑm/

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• Hyphenation: Ham
• Rhymes: -ɑm
• Homophone: ham

Proper noun

Ham n

1. A hamlet in Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet in Land van Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
3. A hamlet in Meierijstad, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

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Luxembourgish

eng Schläiss Ham

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hammō. Cognate with Dutch ham, English ham, dialectal German Hamme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːm/
  • Rhymes: -aːm

Noun

Ham f (plural Hamen)

1. ham