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Nam

1
or 'Nam

[ nahm, nam ]

noun

, Informal.


Nam

2

[ nahm ]

noun

  1. a former name of Chao Phraya.

NAM

3
or N.A.M.

abbreviation for

  1. National Association of Manufacturers.

Nam

1

/ næm /

noun

  1. informal.
    Vietnam
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


NAM

2

abbreviation for

  1. Namibia (international car registration)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Nam1

First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening
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Example Sentences

It’s All About ‘Nam The most insane theory has been saved for last.

But funny thing—the chamber and NAM support the Senate immigration bill that the House Republicans are going to kill.

The chamber, NAM, and the evangelical groups have been in on the immigration discussions from the start.

Think Viet Nam, without a Cold War to offer as rationale for our presence.

I bought it at a tiny stand near the Nam Ou river, the blue tablecloths catching my eye as I wandered past the stall.

Annuit vero ac propemodum sese iam Nortmannum pronuntiat; nam Gallos fer omnes Nortmannos appellitant.

Nam Sacerdos ille, qui huc ante nos aduenerat, nostro statim adutu in Galliam sua ipse sponte & pro veteri desiderio remigrauit.

Nam erga reliquos, aut hc aut in nauibus agentes didicerunt nobis non facil quicqu gratis dare.

Nam neque id diu fuit, & semper altero decumbente, alter stetit.

Nam Congregatio S. Officii in matrimonium duas mulieres ovariis orbatas inire permisit.

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