Ham

(Biblical) from Hebrew חָם‎.

• IPA^(key): /hæm/

Ham

1. (biblical) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.
   • 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 9:18

     And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

2. Various place names, including suburbs of London (East Ham, West Ham, and between Richmond and Kingston), a hamlet in Kent and a village in Wiltshire.
3. A village in Caithness, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2373)

• Hamite
• Hamitic

• HMA, MHA, Mah, mAh, mah

From Proto-Germanic *hammō. Cognate with Dutch ham, English ham, dialectal German Hamme.

• IPA^(key): /haːm/
  • Rhymes: -aːm

Ham f (plural Hamen)

1. ham