Nam

¹

Or 'Nam

[nahm, nam]

noun

Informal.

1. Vietnam.

Nam

²

[nahm]

noun

1. a former name of Chao Phraya.

NAM

³

Or N.A.M.

abbreviation

1. National Association of Manufacturers.

Nam

¹

/ næm /

noun

1. informal,  Vietnam

NAM

²

abbreviation

1. Namibia (international car registration)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nam¹

First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening

Example Sentences

Her half-brother Kim Jong Nam, a playboy once known for his fondness for Disneyland — and who some suggested was a CIA informant — was assassinated at an airport in Malaysia in 2017, on orders believed to have come from leader Kim.

From Los Angeles Times

"If you set a boat adrift in the vast ocean without any coordination, there's a real risk it could drift away again," says Nam Sung-wook, the former head of the Korea National Strategy Institute think tank.

From BBC

Nam believes the six people will be interrogated at length when they return to the North.

From BBC

Jinu is the lead vocalist and visual of the group, and his looks were created from an amalgam of classic k-drama lead actors, including Cha Eun-woo, Nam Joo-hyuk and even Ahn Hyo-seop, the star of “Business Proposal” who also provides the speaking voice of Jinu.

From Salon

Projection designers Yee Eun Nam and Elizabeth Barrett create a kaleidoscopic background on Chika Shimizu’s pied-à-terre set.

From Los Angeles Times