Dam (disambiguation)

Dam (disambiguation)

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Dam can refer to:

  • Dam, a barrier obstructing flowing water
  • Reservoir created by such a barrier (in some English dialects including Australian English)
  • An animal's mother
    • Dam of a horse: see Mare

Personal names

  • Atli Pætursson Dam, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
  • Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1943
  • José van Dam, Belgian bass-baritone
  • Kenneth W. Dam, American lawyer and politician
  • Laurens ten Dam, Dutch road racing cyclist
  • Peter Mohr Dam, Faroe Islands politician
  • Rob Van Dam, American film actor and wrestler
  • Thomas Dam, inventor of the troll doll
  • Thanh Xuan Dam, Vietnamese swimmer and martial artist

Place names

Abbreviations and acronyms

Other

  • Dam (methylase), DNA adenine methylase
  • Dam (band), a British metal band
  • DAM (band), a Palestinian rap group
  • Dam (coin), a small Indian coin
  • Dam, one of the dancers in the Dominican folk dance bélé
  • Dental dam
  • DAMS, Driot Arnoux Motorsport, a French-based motor-racing team.
  • WCMG, a radio station licensed to Latta, South Carolina, United States which calls itself "94.3 The Dam"

See also


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