# 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: /hæm/
* Rhymes: -æm
* Homophone: ham

#### Proper noun

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

##### Derived terms

* East Ham
* Ham and Stone
* Ham Street, Hamstreet
* High Ham
* Newham
* West Ham

### Etymology 2

From Hebrew חָם.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hæm/
* Rhymes: -æm
* Homophone: ham

#### Proper noun

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

##### Derived terms

* Hamite
* Hamitic

##### Translations
### References

* ↑ Ward map (Devon)
* ↑ OS: Gloucestershire
* ↑ Parish map (Wiltshire)

### 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?) (Meierijstad) First attested as hamme in 1368. Derived from ham (“alluvial land in the bend of a river”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦɑm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Ham
* Rhymes: -ɑm
* Homophone: ham

### Proper noun

Ham n
* A hamlet in Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands
* A hamlet in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands
* A hamlet in Meierijstad, North Brabant, Netherlands

### References

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

## Luxembourgish
### 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: /haːm/
** Rhymes: -aːm

### Noun

Ham f (plural Hamen)
* ham