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A dam is a barrier obstructing flowing water.

Contents

• Places
• Abbreviations and acronyms
• Transport
• Other uses
• People
• See also
• References

Dam may also refer to:

Places

• Dam, Bhutan
• Dam, Gennep, in the Dutch municipality of Gennep
• Dam, Hollands Kroon, in the Dutch municipality of Hollands Kroon
• Dam Square, Amsterdam
• Den Dam, in northern Antwerp, Belgium

Abbreviations and acronyms

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• Decametre
• Denver Art Museum
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• Direct Action Movement of Solidarity Federation#Direct Action Movement

Transport

• Dalmeny railway station's station code
• Damascus International Airport's IATA code

Other uses

• Dam (agricultural reservoir)
• DAM (band), a Palestinian rap group
• Dam (cooking), South Asian cooking in a dough-sealed pot
• Dam (Indian coin)
• Nepalese dam
• Dam (methylase), DNA adenine methylase
• Dam (surname), a surname
• Dams (surname), a surname
• Dental dam
• WCMG, a South Carolina, US radio station once called "94.3 The Dam"
• Dam, an archaic form of address for a woman, equivalent to sire for a man
• Dam, female role in the Dominican bélé dance
• Dam, the female parent of a horse, a term used in horse breeding
• Dam (blood), one of the Ten Plagues of Egypt
• "Dam" (Space Ghost Coast to Coast), a television episode
• Dam (TV series), a South African psychological thriller television series
• "Dam" (song), a song by SB19
• The Dam , a 1913 painting by Dominique Lang
• The Dam, a 1981 novel by Robert Byrne

People

• Atli Dam (1932–2005), Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
• Henrik Dam (1895–1976), Danish biochemist
• Jan Dam (footballer) (born 1968), Faroese footballer
• Jan Dam (boxer) (1905–1985), Belgian boxer
• José van Dam (born 1940), Belgian bass-baritone
• Kenneth W. Dam (1932–2022), American lawyer and politician
• Kurtis Dam (born 1985), Swiss-American drag queen
• Laurens ten Dam (born 1980), Dutch cycle racer
• Peter Mohr Dam (1898–1968), Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
• Rigmor Dam (born 1971), Faroese politician
• Rob Van Dam (born 1970), American actor
• Thomas Dam (1909–1986), inventor of the troll doll
• Đàm Thanh Xuân (born 1985), Vietnamese swimmer and martial artist

See also

• All pages with titles containing Dam
• All pages with titles beginning with Dam
• Avalanche dam
• Landslide dam
• Volcanic dam
• Damn (disambiguation)
• Dum (disambiguation)

References

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