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Lam — and its various forms has several meanings.lām*Lām, a letter of the Arabic alphabetLam*A part of the phrase on the lam *Mor lam, an ancient Lao form of song in Laos:Lam saravane music genre:Lam luang music genre *Lam, Germany, a town in… … Wikipedia
LAM — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Pour l’article homophone, voir Lame. {{{image}}} … Wikipédia en Français
Lām — Lam in isolierter Form verbundene Formen ـل ـلـ لـ von rechts beidseitig nach links … Deutsch Wikipedia
Lam Ha — ( vi. Lâm Hà) is a district ( huyện ) of Lam Dong Province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam.Lâm Hà is the destination of Hanoians for going reclaining virgin soil,showing in its name: Lam is Lam Dong and Ha is short form of Hanoi.Lâm Hà … Wikipedia
LAM (W.) — LAM WIFREDO (1902 1982) Par son père chinois et par sa mère mulâtresse de Cuba, Lam appartient à un passé immémorial, dont il ne se déprendra jamais, et où il semble que périodiquement il ait le secret de se replonger, moins pour se renouveler… … Encyclopédie Universelle
lam — Ⅰ. lam [1] ► VERB (lammed, lamming) (often lam into) informal ▪ hit hard or repeatedly. ORIGIN perhaps Scandinavian. Ⅱ. lam [2] N. Amer. informal … English terms dictionary
lam — lam1 [lam] vt., vi. lammed, lamming [< Scand, as in ON lemja, lit., to lame: see LAME1] [Old Slang] to beat; hit; strike ☆ lam2 [lam ] n. [< ? LAM1: cf. slang beat it!] Slang headlong flight, usually to escape punishment for … English World dictionary
Lām — ﻟﺎﻡ Lām Graphies Isolée ﻝ Initiale ﻟ Médiane ﻠ Finale ﻞ … Wikipédia en Français
lam — [læm] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: lam to hit (16 21 centuries), from a Scandinavian language] on the lam AmE informal escaping or hiding from someone, especially the police ▪ Brenner was recaptured after three weeks on the lam … Dictionary of contemporary English
Lam — Lam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lamming}.] [Icel. lemja to beat, or lama to bruise, both fr. lami, lama, lame. See {Lame}.] To beat soundly; to thrash. [Obs. or Low] Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lam — (n.) flight, as in on the lam, 1897, from a U.S. slang verb meaning to run off (1886), of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from the first element of LAMBASTE (Cf. lambaste), which was used in British student slang for beat since 1590s; if so, it … Etymology dictionary
