Cham or CHAM may refer to:

Ethnicities and languages

Chams The Chams ( Cham: , چام, ''cam''), or Champa people ( Cham: , اوراڠ چمڤا, ''Urang Campa''; or ; , ), are an Austronesian ethnic group in Southeast Asia and are the original inhabitants of central Vietnam and coastal Cambodia be ...

, people in Vietnam and Cambodia **

Cham language Cham (Cham: , Cham Jawi, Jawi: چم, Latin script: Cam) is a Malayo-Polynesian languages, Malayo-Polynesian language of the Austronesian languages, Austronesian family, spoken by the Cham people, Chams of Southeast Asia. It is spoken primarily i ...

, the language of the Cham people ***

Cham script The Cham script (Cham language, Cham: ) is a Brahmic scripts, Brahmic abugida used to write Cham language, Cham, an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language spoken by some 245,000 Chams in Vietnam and Cambodia. It is written horizontally ...

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Cham (Unicode block) Cham is a Unicode block containing characters of the Cham script, which is used for writing the Cham language, primarily used for the Eastern dialect in Cambodia and Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is ...

, a block of Unicode characters of the Cham script *

Cham Albanians Cham Albanians or Chams (; , ), are a sub-group of Albanians who originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in southwestern Albania and northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Chameria. The Chams have their ow ...

, also spelled Çam, a people originating in northern Greece of Albanian descent **

Cham Albanian dialect The Cham Albanian dialect (), also called Cham Tosk or Arvanitika, is the dialect of the Albanian language spoken by the Cham Albanians, an Albanian ethnic sub-group native to the region of Chameria in southern Albania and northwestern Greece ...

Dikaka language Dikaka or Cham, is one of the Savanna languages of Middle Belt, Nigeria. It is also known as Dijim–Bwilim, after its two dialects, Dijim and Bwilim. A tonal language, it has a whistled register. It is spoken in Gombe and southwestern parts of ...

, another language also known as Cham

People

Cham (singer) Cham (born Damian Beckett, 24 February 1977)http://www.wordmag.com/Music/Baby%20Cham.html is a Jamaican-born dancehall singer, mostly known for his 2006 single " Ghetto Story" from his major label debut album of the same name, a song which led ...

(born 1979), Jamaica reggae singer known for the single "Ghetto Story" *Cham., standard author abbreviation for botanist

Adelbert von Chamisso Adelbert von Chamisso (; 30 January 1781 – 21 August 1838) was a German poet, writer and botanist. He was commonly known in French as Adelbert de Chamisso (or Chamissot) de Boncourt, a name referring to the family estate at Boncourt. Life ...

(1781–1838) *

Chamillionaire Hakeem Temidayo Seriki (born November 28, 1979), better known by his stage name Chamillionaire (), is an American rapper. He began his career in Houston's hip hop scene in the late 1990s. He was briefly signed with the local record label Swishah ...

(born 1979), American rapper * Cham Prasidh (born 1951), Cambodian Minister of Trade *

Adongo Agada Cham King Adongo Agada Akwai Cham (January 1, 1959 – November 30, 2011) was King of the approx. 96,000 Anuak people of South Sudan and the corresponding Western Ethiopian border region. He is the 23rd King of the Anuak Nyiudola Royal Dynasty and was c ...

(1959–2011), king of the Anuak people of Sudan and Ethiopia *

Jorge Cham Jorge Gabriel Cham () (born 1976) is an engineer-turned cartoonist, writer and producer, who writes the web comic strip ''Piled Higher and Deeper'' (''PhD Comics''). Cham was born in Panama and lives in the United States, where he started drawing ...

(born 1976), comic-book artist *

Patrick Cham Patrick Cham (born 18 May 1959 in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe) is a French former professional basketball player. Professional career Cham was the French 2nd Division French Player's MVP in 1992, while playing with Levallois Sporting Club. Nationa ...

(born 1959), French basketball player *

Amédée de Noé Charles Amédée de Noé, known as Cham (26 January 1818 – 6 September 1879), was a French caricaturist and lithographer. He was born in Paris and raised by a family who wished for him to attend a polytechnic school. He instead attended pa ...

(1818–1879), French artist whose pseudonym was "Cham" *

Ham (son of Noah) Ham (in ), according to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis, was the second son of Noah and the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. Ham's descendants are interpreted by Josephus and others as having populated Africa. The Bibl ...

, also spelt Cham *Cham, a variant in Gambia of the surname

Thiam Thiam is a both a surname of West African origin and an element in Chinese given names. Surname Origins and statistics As a surname, Thiam is found among the Fula and Wolof people of Senegal and nearby countries, and originated from a family of g ...

Ebony Cham Ebony Cham (born October 15, 2004), commonly referred to as Ebony, is a French singer. In 2025, she was a finalist in the musical program Star Academy 12, broadcast on TF1. Early life With parents from Guadeloupe and Martinique, Ebony Cham w ...

(born 2004), French singer

Places

Cham, Germany Cham (; ) is the capital of the Cham (district), district of Cham in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria in Germany. Location Cham lies within the Cham-Furth lowland, which is bordered on the south by the Bavarian Forest and on the north by the Uppe ...

, town *

Cham (district) Cham () is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Regen, Straubing-Bogen, Regensburg and Schwandorf and by the Czech Plzeň Region. History The first historical date in ...

, Germany *

Cham, Switzerland Cham is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zug (canton), Zug in Switzerland. Location Cham is located on the northern shore of Lake Zug, northwest of the cantonal capital of Zug. Surrounding ...

, a city in the Canton of Zug, Switzerland *

Cham, Iran (disambiguation) Cham () may refer to: * Cham, Hamadan * Cham, Isfahan * Cham, Falavarjan, Isfahan Province * Cham, Nain, Isfahan Province *Cham, Behbahan Cham (; also known as Cham-e Zeydūn, Cham Zeydūn, Zaidān, and Zeydān) is a village in Sardasht Rural Dist ...

Chàm Islands The Cham Islands () constitute a group of 8 small islands of Quảng Nam, which form a part of the Cu Lao Cham Marine Park, a world Biosphere Reserve recognized by UNESCO, in the South China Sea (East Sea) in Vietnam. The islands are approachab ...

, of Vietnam *Cham, a colloquial name for the French mountain town of

Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (; ; (no longer in use)), more commonly known simply as Chamonix (), is a communes of France, commune in the departments of France, department in the regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It was the site of the f ...

*Al Cham, French spelling for

Al Sham Syria, ( or ''Shaam'') also known as Greater Syria or Syria-Palestine, is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. The region boundaries have changed throughout history. Howe ...

(comprises Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan)

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* Centro de Humanidades, NOVA FCSH * ''Cham'' (novel), by British writer Jonathan Trigell set in Chamonix Mont Blanc *

Cham Bank Cham Bank () is the first Islamic banking, Islamic bank to be established in Syria. It started operations in 2007. The Bank's operations and activities are supervised by the Central Bank of Syria. Objectives of the bank Cham Bank works to achie ...

, a Syrian bank *

Cham dance The cham dance () entry: 'cham. is a lively masked and costumed dance associated with some sects of Tibetan Buddhism and Buddhist festivals. The dance is accompanied by music played by bhikkhu, monks using traditional Tibetan musical instruments ...

, a masked dance associated with some sects of Buddhism *

Cham Palaces and Hotels Cham Palaces and Hotels () is a five star Syrian-based hotel chain. The chain has hotels in major Syrian cities and touristic spots, and has already expanded into neighboring Jordan. Hotels Syria * Apamee Cham Palace - Hama, Syria * Badia Cham Hote ...

, a Syria hotel chain based in Syria *

CHAM (AM) CHAM (820 Hertz, kHz) is an AM radio, AM radio station in Hamilton, Ontario. It is owned by Neeti Prakash Ray and is part of the CINA Media Group. The station is branded Big AM 820 CINA Radio Punjabi and plays contemporary South Asian music. CH ...

, a radio station in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada * Cham Wings Airlines, a privately owned Syrian airline *

Children's Hospital at Montefiore The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care children's teaching hospital located in the Bronx, New York. The hospital has 193 pediatric beds and is affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicin ...

, in New York *Cham, an archaic spelling of

Khan Khan may refer to: * Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name * Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by various ethnicities Art and entertainment * Khan (band), an English progressiv ...

*''Cham.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of German botanist

(1781–1838) * Cham or Kopi Cham, Malaysian beverage of coffee and tea * CHAM! was a fictional J-Pop group in the animated film ''

Perfect Blue is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon. It is loosely based on the novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, with a screenplay by Sadayuki Murai. Featuring the voices of Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shiho Niiya ...

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