Sam (pluralSams)
- Adiminutive of the malegiven nameSamuel, or rarely ofSamson. Also used as a formal given name.
2021 August 18, Rebecca Cairns, “This teenage aviator hopes to be the youngest woman to fly solo around the world”, inCNN[1]:While the plane is “perfectly capable” of making the trip without these modifications, Zara’s fatherSam Rutherford says these changes have given both him and Zara an extra sense of security.
- Adiminutive of the femalegiven nameSamantha.
- Asurname from Cantonese, a romanization of 岑 (cén) or 沈 (shěn).
- A town inAlibori department,Benin.
- A town inBoulkiemdé,Burkina Faso.
- A town inBourzanga department,Bam,Burkina Faso.
- A village inKongoussi department,Bam,Burkina Faso.
- ATrans-New Guinea language ofPapua New Guinea.
- Asurname from Khmer
- (Ireland, informal) TheSam Maguire Cup awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team.
Sam (pluralSams)
- (UK, informal)Synonym ofDicky Sam(“a man from Liverpool”)
- 'ams,Mas,mas,MSA,-mas,ASM,AMS,M.A.S.,MAs,sma,M.A.s,SMA,M. A. S.,MAS,A.M.s,asm
FromSamuel.
Sam m
- a malegiven name
Sam f
- a femalegiven name
FromOld High Germansoum, fromProto-West Germanic*saum, fromProto-Germanic*saumaz. Cognate withGermanSaum,Englishseam,Dutchzoom.
Sam m (pluralSeem)
- seam,hem
Sam
- Thailand,Siam (a country inSoutheast Asia)
FromMalaySyam, fromArabicشَام(šām),الشَّام(aš-šām)
Sam
- Greater Syria,theLevant (a region ofWestern Asia, in theMiddle East)
(Can wedate this quote?),Wawacan Ahmad Muhammad:...Raja Madinah lan Mekah,
Raja Yaman,Sam, jeung Turki,
Raja Kudis, Yunan, Kupah,
Raja Erum sami linggih.- ...The kings of Medina and Mecca
The kings of Yemen,Levant, and the Turks
The kings of Jerusalem, Greece and Kufa
The king of Rome, sitting too
