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Lam and its various forms has several meanings.

lām

• Lām, a letter of the Arabic alphabet

Lam

• A part of the phrase "on the lam"
• Mor lam, an ancient Lao form of song in Laos

Lam saravane music genre

Lam luang music genre

• Lam, Germany, a town in Bavaria

LAM

• Lactational amenorrhea method, a contraceptive method
• Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique - National airline of Mozambique
• LAM, an internet slang acronym meaning "leave a message"
• LAM, the International Air Transport Association airport code for Los Alamos Airport
• LAM/MPI, an MPI programming environment and development system for heterogeneous computers on a network
• Land-Air 'Mech, a variety of BattleMech in the BattleTech board game
• Loadable Authentication Modules, an authentication framework used by IBM AIX^[1]
• Lobe Attachment Module - a type of token ring connection.
• London After Midnight, an L.A. Band.
• Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a rare lung disease
• the collection code of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
• Lightweight Attack Munition, a weapon in the computer game Deus Ex
• Lipoarabinomannan, a glycolipid associated with the cell wall of Mycobacterium tubercolosis
• Laser aiming module, a term for laser sights for firearms

Lam.

May be an abbreviation for:

• The Book of Lamentations in the Tanakh.
• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829), French naturalist.
• Short for Lamborghini.
• Abbreviation for Laser Aiming Module on certain firearms.

Surname

India

Lam is a surname in Southern India.

Vietnamese

Lâm is a common Vietnamese surname.

Andrew Lam, writer

Lam Quang Thi, member of the South Vietnamese military

Tony Lam, Vietnamese American politician

Cantonese

Lam is a common Cantonese (Hong Kong) surname. It is a variant of Mandarin Chinese Lin.

Adrian Lam, coach

Anthony Lam, fire fighter

Bun-Ching Lam, concert pianist and composer

Carol Lam, ex. US Attorney

Chet Lam, singer/songwriter

Chua Lam, newspaper columnist

Dale Lam, choreographer

David Lam, Lieutenant Governor

Derek Lam, fashion designer

Eman Lam, musician

George Lam (林子祥), singer

James Lam, author and consultant

Karena Lam (林嘉欣), actress

Lam Bun, radio commentator

Lam Kor-wan, serial killer

Pat Lam, rugby player

Raymond Lam, actor

Richard Lam, lyricist

Ringo Lam, film director

Stephen Lam, government official

Tony Lam, politician

Sandy Lam, singer

Sarah Lam, actress

Wifredo Lam, artist

Yin-ling Lam, news broadcaster

Lam is also an uncommon (South East Asia) surname. It is a variant of Mandarin Chinese Lan literary means "blue".

Hakka

Lam is a common (Hakka) surname. It is a variant of Mandarin Chinese Lan literally means "blue"(蓝). It is sometimes written as Lum.

Other nationalities

• Adrian Lam, Australian rugby league player
• Jan Lam, Polish journalist
• Simon S. Lam, American professor

Fictional people

• Carolyn Lam, character in Stargate SG-1
• Donald Lam, Erle Stanley Gardner detective

See also

• Tai Lam Country Park, Hong Kong
• Po Lam, area of Hong Kong
• Lam Research, semiconductor design company
• Phra Lak Phra Lam, Lao version of the Ramayana
• Monts de Lam, a department of Chad
• Lum Invader, a fictional character from the manga and anime series Urusei Yatsura whose name is sometimes romanized as "Lam"

References

1. ^ Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts - Loadable Authentication Module Programming Interface

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