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Bam
- The capital city of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran.
- A county of Kerman Province, Iran.
From Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum. Cognates include German Baum and Luxembourgish Bam.
Bam m (plural Bam or Bama)
- tree
1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Impression im März:
Zwischen d'Bam palästern a påår Lackeln,
g'schrian uns söig mit an Fetzenbålln- Between the trees a few men play football,
they're calling us, happy with a ball of scraps
- Between the trees a few men play football,
- Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “Bam”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
From Middle High German and Old High German boum. Cognate with German Baum, Dutch boom, English beam.