Dam

Look up dam or DAM in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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
  • Dam of a dog: see Bitch

Personal names

• Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1943
• Thomas Dam, inventor of the troll doll

Place names

• Dam, Afghanistan
• Dam, Bhutan
• Dam Square, a square in Amsterdam
• Den Dam, an area in northern Antwerp, Belgium

Abbreviations and acronyms

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• Destroy All Monsters, a 1968 Japanese movie
• Deutsche Angelgeräte Manufaktur
• Direct Action Movement
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• Denver Art Museum
• Damascus International Airport, IATA code
• Decametre, abbreviated dam, is 10 metres
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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.

See also

• Damn (disambiguation)

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