Sam
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈsæm/
- (Southern England, Australia) IPA(key): /ˈsæːm/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æm
Proper noun edit
Sam (plural Sams)
- A diminutive of the male given name Samuel, or rarely of Samson. Also used as a formal given name.
- A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
- A surname from Cantonese, a romanization of 岑 (cén) or 沈 (shěn).
- A town in the Alibori department, Benin.
- A town in Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso.
- A town in the Bourzanga department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
- A village in the Kongoussi department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
- A Trans-New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.
- A surname from Khmer
- (Ireland, informal) The Sam Maguire Cup awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team.
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
Sam (plural Sams)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Samuel.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sam m
- a male given name
Proper noun edit
Sam f
- a female given name
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German soum, from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz. Cognate with German Saum, English seam, Dutch zoom.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Sam m (plural Seem)
Maranao edit
Proper noun edit
Sam
- Thailand, Siam (a country in Southeast Asia)
References edit
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya