Nam

¹ American  

[nahm, nam] / nɑm, næm /

Or 'Nam

noun

Informal.

1. Vietnam.

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Nam ² American  

[nahm] / nɑm /

noun

1. a former name of Chao Phraya.

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NAM ³ American  

Or N.A.M.

abbreviation

1. National Association of Manufacturers.

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Nam ¹ British  

/ næm /

noun

1. informal Vietnam

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NAM ² British  

abbreviation

1. Namibia (international car registration)

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Etymology

Origin of Nam

First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening

Example Sentences

“A few IT workers can easily fund a missile,” said Nam, head of a Seoul-based North Korean human-rights group called People for Successful Corean Reunification, or PSCORE.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

"Even without much initial interest, once you hear that everyone else is eating it, you start wondering just how good it must be," Nam Su-yeon, a 28-year-old office worker, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Faithful ally Eric Nam sternly points out to him that his rants are throwing off everyone else’s game.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

Unlike many other high-ranking officials in the North, Kim Yong Nam was never demoted even as power was handed down through three generations of the Kim family clan.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

The real question was what I was doing, what any of us were doing, in Nam.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers