Shum may refer to:
Surnames
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Shum (surname)
Shum is a surname in various cultures.
Origins
Shum may be the spelling of the Cantonese pronunciation of two Chinese surnames, listed below by their spelling in Pinyin (which reflects the Mandarin pronunciation):
* Cén (), which originated a ...
, a surname in various cultures (including a list of people with the name)
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Cen (surname)
Cen is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized Ts'en in Wade–Giles, and variously as Sam, Sum, Sham, Shum in Cantonese, Gim, Khim, Chim in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chen in other pinyin ...
(岑), sometimes romanized Shum in Cantonese
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Shen (surname) __NOTOC__
Shen may refer to:
* Shen (Chinese religion) (神), a central word in Chinese philosophy, religion, and traditional Chinese medicine; term for god or spirit
* Shen (clam-monster) (蜃), a shapeshifting Chinese dragon believed to create mi ...
(沈), sometimes romanized Shum in Cantonese
Places
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Shum (location)
Shum is a town and union council of the Dera Bugti District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List ...
, a town in Pakistan
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Shum Laka, most prominent site in the Laka Valley of northwest Cameroon
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Shum-gora, burial mound in northwestern Russia
Music
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"Shum" (song), 2021 song by Go_A
Politics
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Takkanot Shum, set of decrees formulated and agreed by three central cities of medieval Rhineland
* Wagshum or shum, the governor of the province of Wag, with hereditary title from Zagwe dynasty; see
Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles
Until the end of the Ethiopian monarchy in 1974, there were two categories of nobility in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Mesafint ( gez, መሳፍንት , modern , singular መስፍን , modern , "prince"), the hereditary nobility, formed the upper ...
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