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Sam
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Appendix:Variations of "sam"
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈsæm/ RP,US
en en-us-Sam.ogg US
en /ˈsæːm/ Southern England, Australia
en æm 1
Proper noun
s
en male Samuel,Samson.
en Rebecca Cairns This teenage aviator hopes to be the youngest woman to fly solo around the world w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/zara-rutherford-teen-pilot-youngest-woman-hnk-spc-intl/index.html 2021-08-18 While the plane is “perfectly capable” of making the trip without these modifications, Zara’s father Sam Rutherford says these changes have given both him and Zara an extra sense of security. https://web.archive.org/web/20250722183336/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/zara-rutherford-teen-pilot-youngest-woman-hnk-spc-intl/index.html 22 July 2025
en female Samantha.
en Cantonese, a romanization of 岑 (sam4) or 沈 (cam4 / zam3).
en town department/Alibori c/Benin.
en town p/Boulkiemdé c/Burkina Faso.
en town department/Bourzanga p/Bam c/Burkina Faso.
en village department/Kongoussi p/Bam c/Burkina Faso.
A Trans-New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.
en Khmer
en Ireland informal The Sam Maguire Cup awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team.
Derived terms
en Sammie Seddie Sam Scratch Slippery Sam
Noun
en UK informal en Dicky Sam a man from Liverpool
Derived terms
en Silent Sam
See also
en Proto-Sam
en Sammy
en Sam Sawet
Anagrams
en ams 'ams Mas mas MSA -mas ASM AMS M.A.S. MAs sma M.A.s SMA M. A. S. MAS A.M.s asm
en eponyms unisex given names
Dutch
Etymology
From nl Samuel.
Pronunciation
nl /sɑm/
nl Nl-Sam.ogg
nl Sam
nl ɑm 1
Proper noun
m
nl male
Proper noun
f
nl female
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From lb goh soum, from lb gmw-pro *saum, from lb gem-pro *saumaz. Cognate with de Saum, en seam, nl zoom.
Pronunciation
lb /zaːm/
lb aːm 1
Noun
m Seem
seam, hem
Maranao
Proper noun
mrw Thailand Q869 Thailand Siam
References
Sundanese
Etymology
From su ms Syam, from su ar شَام, ar الشَّام
Pronunciation
su /sam/
Proper noun
su region r/Western Asia in the r/Middle East Greater Syria the Levant
su 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 MeccaThe kings of Yemen, Levant, and the TurksThe kings of Jerusalem, Greece and KufaThe king of Rome, sitting too
Further reading
"SAM", in
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Sam + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl male English Samuel,Samson
tl female English Samantha
Category:Dutch diminutives of male given names