Kam or Kaam (from Sanskrit: kama) means deep extensive desire, often sexual, and is counted among the cardinal sins in Sikhism.

Kam or KAM may also refer to:

People and language

  • Kam (name), a list of people with either the given name, nickname or surname
  • Kam people, a Kadai people in China
  • Kam language, spoken in China
  • K. A. Manoharan (born 1951), nicknamed K.A.M., Indian politician
  • Kam (rapper), born Craig A. Miller in 1969
  • Kam language (Nigeria) or Nyingwom, spoken in eastern Nigeria
  • Kams or the Kok people, a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Businesses

  • Kam Air, an airline headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan
  • KAM Manufacturing, a handbag manufacturer in Ohio, United States

Places

  • Kám, Hungary, a village
  • Kam, Mazandaran, Iran, a village
  • Kam, West Azerbaijan, Iran, a village
  • Kam Group, Northwest Territories, Canada, a volcanic group
  • Kam River, a nickname for the Kaministiquia River in Ontario, Canada
  • Kampung Rambutan LRT station, a light rail station in Jakarta, Indonesia

KAM

  • Kentucky Active Militia, a state defense force active during World War II
  • Key account management, the idea of looking after large and important accounts that are critical to a business
  • Knowledge Assessment Methodology, an interactive benchmarking tool to help countries make the transition to a knowledge-based economy
  • Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem
  • Komite-ye Amniyat-e Melli (National Security Committee), the forerunner of KHAD, the secret police of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
  • Krannert Art Museum, on the campus of the University of Illinois

Other uses

  • Kam (pastry), a Danish pastry known in the United States as a bear claw

See also

  • Kama (disambiguation)
  • Cam (disambiguation)