Ham

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ham"

English

Etymology 1

• As an English and German surname, variant of Hamm.
• As a Dutch surname, from the noun ham (“bend in a river”). Compare Van Ham, Vanderham.
• As a French surname, from several placenames, from the Frankish source of the Dutch word above.
• As a Serbo-Croatian, Slovak and Hungarian surname (Hám), from the noun hám (“harness”), and sometimes from the German sense above.
• As a Slovene surname, possibly from the "harness" or German senses above, or from ham (“grab, bite”).
• As a Czech surname, shortened from Abraham.
• As a Korean surname, from the name 함 (ham) (more at Ham). Compare Hahm.
• As a Chinese surname, from several names such as 咸 (xián) (see Xian), 闞 / 阚 (see Kan), 范 (fàn) (see fan), 譚 / 谭 (tán) (see Tan), and possibly 涵 (hán, “contain”).
• In some English surnames, from Old English hām, probably reduced from a name using it as a suffix -ham.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ham (countable and uncountable, plural Hams)

1. A surname.
2. A suburb and ward in Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4657).
3. A small village in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6898).
4. A suburban area in the borough of Richmond upon Thames and borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1771).
5. Two districts (East Ham and West Ham) in borough of Newham, Greater London.
6. A hamlet in Northbourne parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3254).
7. A small village and civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, south of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3363).
8. A village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2373)

Derived terms

• East Ham
• Ham and Stone
• Ham Green
• Ham Street, Hamstreet
• High Ham
• Newham
• West Ham

Etymology 2

From Hebrew חָם.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ham

2. (biblical) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.

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 (bn) (ham)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 含 (ham⁴)

  Hakka: 含 (Hàm)

  Hokkien: 含 (zh-min-nan) (Hâm)

  Mandarin: 含 (zh) (Hán)

• Czech: Chám m
• Dutch: Cham
• Finnish: Haam
• French: Cham (fr) m
• German: Ham
• Hungarian: Kám (hu), Hám (hu)
• Italian: Cam m
• Latin: Cham, Chām m, Chāmus m
• 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

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”).
• (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense? (First attested in 1368 and derived from nl [Dutch] doesn't fit. If attested back then, then it must be derived from dum [Middle Dutch] or another language)) (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, North Brabant, Netherlands
3. a hamlet in Meierijstad, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Luxembourgish

eng Schläiss Ham

Etymology

From Middle High German hamme, from Old High German hama, 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