cham

C0046400 (kăm)n. Archaic A Tatar or Mongol khan.

[Middle French, from Old French kaan, kan, partly from Mongolian kağan and partly from Tatar xan; akin to Turkish han, khan; see khan¹.]

cham

(kæm) n (Historical Terms) an archaic word for khan¹¹[C16: from French, from Persian khān; see khan¹]

Cham

(tʃæm) npl Cham or Chams1. (Peoples) a member of a people of Indonesian stock living in Cambodia and central Vietnam2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family

cham

(kæm)

n. Archaic. khan ¹.

Cham

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Cham

(käm), pseud. of

Amédée de Noé

(ämādā` də nōā`), 1819–79, French caricaturist and lithographer. He abandoned a military career to produce over 4,000 designs, many of them caricatures and sketches of French and Algerian life.

Cham

a Lamaist celebration, during which lamas don masks depicting Buddhist deities, dance, and symbolically kill an evil spirit by setting fire to it.

Cham

(also Chiam; self-designation, Tham, Kham), a people living in southern Vietnam and in Cambodia. According to a 1970 estimate, the Cham in Vietnam number more than 60,000; in Cambodia, together with the Malays, they number approximately 150,000. Small groups of Cham live in Thailand and Indonesia. In antiquity the Cham developed an advanced civilization, which became the kingdom of Champa at the beginning of the Common Era. The Cham speak an Indonesian language. Approximately two-thirds of them are Hindus; the rest are Muslims. In Cambodia the Muslim Cham have intermarried with the related Malay people. The Cham engage primarily in fishing, stock raising, and the cultivation of rice in paddies; various handicrafts are highly developed.

REFERENCE

Narody lugo-Vostochnoi Azii. Moscow, 1966.

CHAM

On drawings, abbr. for chamfer.

CHAM

Acronym	Definition
CHAM➣Chamfer
CHAM➣Christian Health Association of Malawi
CHAM➣Chamizal National Memorial (US National Park Service)
CHAM➣Common Hacking Attack Methods
CHAM➣Chemical Abstract Machine
CHAM➣Community Homeless Alliance Ministry
CHAM➣Concentration Heat and Momentum, Ltd (London, England)
CHAM➣Certified Healthcare Access Manager (NAHAM)
CHAM➣Community Health Aide Manual
CHAM➣Chess Association of Malawi (now Chesam)