Geography
- Yam, old Russian and Ukrainian name for Häme, the tribe of western Finns
- Yam, North Khorasan, a village in Faruj County, North Khorasan Province, Iran
- Yam, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- Yam, Tehran, a village in Pishva County, Tehran Province, Iran
- Yam Rural District, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- Yam, California, a former settlement in Merced County
- Yam Island (Queensland), an island in the Torres Strait
- Sault Ste. Marie Airport, from its IATA airport code
- Yam, a Hebrew word for sea
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Famous quotes containing the word geography:
“The California fever is not likely to take us off.... There is neither romance nor glory in digging for gold after the manner of the pictures in the geography of diamond washing in Brazil.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“Yet America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Ktaadn, near which we were to pass the next day, is said to mean “Highest Land.” So much geography is there in their names.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)