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Definition: Tam |
TamNoun1. A woolen cap of Scottish origin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Tam" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a twin". |
Date "tam" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
TAM is an acronym for Taxi Aereos Marilia, an airline company based in Brazil.TAM started flying on February 21, 1961, after a group of pilots, headed by Rolim Adolfo Amaro, began transporting passengers and cargo around the states of Parana, Sao Paulo and Mato Grosso. At the beginning, small Cessna types were used for the operation.
TAM Airbus A330-200.
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Captain Amaro became frustrated because he thought that the best way for the airline to be successful would be by the company's employees establishing direct contact with their customers. As a result of his beliefs he left TAM briefly to fly for another airline, named BCN. Soon after, he was able to buy a Cessna 170 with capability to fly three passengers.
In 1966 TAM was moved to Sao Paulo and was able to buy its first twin engine planes. Prior to that, the airline had been sold to the Ometto group, headed by Orlando Ometto, a personal friend of Amaro. Amaro was invited to re-join TAM in 1971 as a minority shareholder and chief of business by Ometto, and he brought back with him the idea that a company's personnel had to establish personal contact with the company's customers and started working towards the goal of making TAM a customer friendly airline almost immediately.
In 1973, TAM received the first radio-equipped planes in Brazil, 10 Cessna 402 planes, and in 1976, Amaro became the principal share holder, with 98 percent of the airline's stock belonging to him. In 1976 a secondary airline was established, when TAM Transportes Aereos Regionais began with one Bandeirante plane, Amaro holding 67 percent of the stock of the new company.
The airline maintained a slow but steady growth, and, in 1980, their first Fokker F-27 planes arrived, to be used on the regional routes to which the airline dedicated itself exclusively during that era. By 1981, TAM had flown 1 million passengers, and that figure reached 2 million by 1984.
In 1986, an important development shaped the airline when it acquired rival VOTEC, earning access to areas in northern and central Brazil. The new acquisition would at first be named Brazil Central, but then its name was also submerged into that of TAM, becoming TAM Transportes Aereos Meridionais.
In 1988, TAM flew its 3 millionth passenger.
In 1990, the airline entered the jet age, when it received two small Fokker-100 jets. In 1992, TAM carried its eight millionth passenger, and in 1994 TAM earned several awards, while Mr. Amaro was named the salesman of the year. TAM also established an airline in Paraguay that year, named ARPA.
In 1995, TAM won the award for the best regional airline in the world according to Air Transport World Magazine.
In 1996, TAM bought another air company, Helisul, which soon started using the trade name of TAM too, and in 1997, TAM ordered its first big jets, 45 planes from Airbus: 10 A330's, 4 A319's, and 34 A320's.
In 1997, the Airbuses began to be delivered and the airline flew its first international service, from Sao Paulo to Miami International Airport.
Two years later, in 1999, another milestone was reached by the airline, when services to Europe were inaugurated, through a code share service with Air France to Charles De Gaulle International Airport in Paris.
TAM currently also has made contracts with model airplane manufacturers like Schabak and Wooster, in an attempt to increase the company's visibility among international passengers.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "TAM."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
TAM (Tovarna avtomobilov Maribor) (Slovenian Maribor car factory) was a Slovenia commercial vehichle manufacturer based in Maribor.TAM was founded in 1947. In the era following WW II, it rose to Yugoslavia's leading truck manufacturer. The 1980s, however, brought financial difficulties to the company, and in 1996 it was dissolved. Another company, TVM (Tovarna vozil Maribor), founded in 2001, is seen as its successor.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tovarna avtomobilov Maribor."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TAM | English | Technology Asset Management | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TamSynonyms: tammy (n), tam-o'-shanter (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Lawsuit | Adjective: litigious; (quarrelsome); qui tam; coram judice, sub judice. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tam |
| Specialty definitions using "tam": Rigwoodie ♦ Thread Language Zero. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tam": timid. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Tam" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (along there, in that place, there, therein, thither), Dutch (obedient, tame), Latin (adv, all the same, degree, nevertheless, so, so far, so much, to such a degree, to such an extent), Polish (at that place, over there, there, yon, yonder), Slovene (there), Swedish (domestic, lame, milk and water, tame), Turkish (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, due, engrained, entire, even, exact, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), Turkmen (house). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Les Tam tams se sont tus (1972) Tam Lin (1970) Gdye dlinnaya zima Tam (1968) Gde tsvetut edelvejsy Tam (1966) Nisserne Tim og Tam (1963) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Holds "sick call" for children of Tam Toa village, Republic of Vietnam, November 1967. Paige is a member of Team Six of the U.S. Naval Support Activity, Da Nang. Photographed by JO1 Bob Young. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Argentina | The vacuum left by Aerolineas Argentinas will be rapidly filled by other national and regional airlines, including LAN of Chile and TAM of Brazil. (references) |
Cambodia | The Khmer Republic's leadership was plagued by disunity among its three principal figures: Lon Nol, Sihanouk's cousin Sirik Matak, and National Assembly leader In Tam.Lon Nol remained in power in part because none of the others was prepared to take his place. (references) | |
Human Rights | Vietnam | Among the many others believed to be imprisoned at year's end for peaceful political and religious activities are political activist Nguyen Dinh Huy, journalist Pham Thai, and religious persons Truong Van Thuc, Nguyen Chau Lan, Le Van Nhuom, Vo Van Buu, Ha Hai, Nguyen Duy Tam, Le Minh Triet, Le Van Tinh, Le Van Son, Nguyen Van Dau, Thich Nhu Dat, Thich Hai Tang, Thich Phuc Vien, Thich Thien Minh, Thich Tien Tan, Thich Hue Dang, Thich Thanh Tinh, Thich Tri Tuu, Pham Minh Tri, Nguyen Thien Phung, Nguyen Minh Bao, Nguyen Van Ly, and Ly A Cho. (references) |
Political Economy | Sudan | Between April and June, the ICRC was allowed to visit 167 detainees held by the SPLA in Tam, Pagak, Alero, and Cueibet counties. (references) |
Travel | Brazil | Air Travel -- Brazil has four principal airlines: TAM, Transbrasil, Varig and Vasp. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Tam" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 76.77% of the time. "Tam" is used about 99 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 76.77% | 76 | 38,217 |
| Noun (singular) | 19.19% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.04% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 99 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "tam" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Tam | First name Female | 2,000 | 2,706 |
| Tam | Last name | 3,000 | 3,596 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Tam" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a twin". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Tam." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Thomas | Male | Biblical | N/A |
| Tomás | Male | Czech | Thomas |
| Maas | Male | Dutch | Thomas |
| Macy | Female, Male | English | Thomas |
| Thom | Male | English | Thomas |
| Thomas | Male | English | N/A |
| Thomasina | Female | English | Thomas |
| Tom | Male | English | Thomas |
| Tommie | Male, Female | English | Thomas |
| Tommy | Male | English | Thomas |
| Tomi | Male | Finnish | Thomas |
| Tommi | Male | Finnish | Thomas |
| Tuomas | Male | Finnish | Thomas |
| Tuomo | Male | Finnish | Thomas |
| Thomas | Male | French | N/A |
| Thomas | Male | German | N/A |
| Tamás | Male | Hungarian | Thomas |
| Tomi | Male | Hungarian | Thomas |
| Tomás | Male | Irish | Thomas |
| Tommaso | Male | Italian | Thomas |
| Tamati | Male | Maori | Thomas |
| Tomas | Male | Norwegian | Thomas |
| Tomasz | Male | Polish | Thomas |
| Tomás | Male | Portuguese | Thomas |
| Foma | Male | Russian | Thomas |
| Thomas | Male | Scandinavian | N/A |
| Tòmas | Male | Scottish | Thomas |
| Tam | Male | Scottish | Thomas |
| Tomaz | Male | Slovene | Thomas |
| Tomás | Male | Spanish | Thomas |
| Tomasa | Female | Spanish | Thomas |
| Tomas | Male | Swedish | Thomas |
| Tomos | Male | Welsh | Thomas |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Brazil | Tam - Compania de Investimentos em Transportes | USA | TAM Restaurants, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tam": tam-donning, tam-made, Tam-o'shanter, tam-o'-shanter, tam-tam. | |
Ending with "tam": tam-tam. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tam | 341 | sony tam 100 | 11 |
tam airline | 121 | chi quoc tam | 10 |
alan tam | 69 | asia tam trung | 10 |
qui tam | 67 | golf o shanter tam | 10 |
vivienne tam | 67 | tam vivian | 9 |
tam o shanter | 66 | qui tam lawyer | 9 |
doan tam | 56 | brazil tam | 9 |
tam tam | 47 | princess tam tam | 9 |
alan mp3 tam | 38 | mount tam | 9 |
lam nhu tam | 30 | ide juz tam | 8 |
airline brazilian tam | 21 | tam o shanter country club | 8 |
tim tam | 21 | card tam | 8 |
princesse tam tam | 21 | tam hat | 8 |
mt tam | 17 | le tam | 8 |
roman tam | 16 | juniper tam | 8 |
qui tam attorney | 15 | alan concert tam | 7 |
tam o shanter golf course | 15 | i lke tam y | 7 |
tam lin | 14 | tam restaurant | 7 |
patrick tam | 12 | stanley tam | 7 |
aereas linhas tam | 12 | mp3 tam | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "tam"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tamtam (tam-tam, tom-tom), beretë skoceze (Tammy, tam-o'-shanter). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | там-там (tam-tam), шотландска барета (tam-o'-shanter), голям метален гонг (tam-tam). (various references) | |
Danish | tom-tom (tam-tam, tom-tom), tamtam (tam-tam, tom-tom). (various references) | |
Dutch | tamtam (tam-tam, tom-tom). (various references) | |
French | tom-tom (tam-tam), tam-tam (tam-tam). (various references) | |
German | Tom-Tom (tam-tam, tom-tom), Tam-Tam (tam-tam, tom-tom). (various references) | |
Greek | ταμ-ταμ (tam-tam, tom-tom). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tamtam (gong, tam-tam, tom-tom), kerek skót sapka (tam o'shanter, tam o'shanter bonnet), kerek skót barett (tam o'shanter, tam o'shanter cap), barett (Barret, slide, tam-o'-shanter). (various references) | |
Italian | tom-tom (tam-tam, tom-tom), tam-tam (tam-tam, tom-tom), pubblicit falsa e volgare (ballyhoo, tam-tam). (various references) | |
Manx | bayrn bobbyleen (tam o'shanter). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amtay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tantã (gong, tam-tam, tom-tom), tantá (tam-tam, tom-tom), tambor indiano (tam-tam, tom-tom), gongo (tam-tam, tom-tom). (various references) | |
Romanian | Bascã (beret, Tam-o'shanter). (various references) | |
Russian | шотландский берет (tam-o'-shanter). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tam-tam bubanj (tam-tam), okrugla vunena kapa (tam-o'-shanter), ime junaka jedne bernsove pesme (tam-o'-shanter). (various references) | |
Spanish | tam-tam (tam-tam, tom-tom). (various references) | |
Swedish | skotsk basker med tofs (Tammy, tam-o'-shanter). (various references) | |
Turkish | püsküllü bere (tam-o'-shanter), bere (balmoral, barret, beanie, beret, bruise, contusion, flesh wound, hurt, lesion, skullcap, Tammy, tam-o'-shanter, wound). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mũ bêrê Ê-cốt (tam-o'-shanter). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 17, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai panteV oi andreV tou oikou autou kai oi oikogeneiV kai oi argurwnhtoi ex allogenwn eqnwn perietemen autouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et omnes viri domus illius tam vernaculi quam empticii et alienigenae pariter circumcisi sunt |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And alle men of hys hows, as wel fre men as bowyt and aliens, togideris weren circumsidid. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And all the men in his housse whether they were borne in his housse or bought wyth money (though they were straungers) were circumcysed with him. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And all the men of his house, those whose birth had taken place in the house and those whom he had got for money from men of other lands, underwent circumcision with him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 17, Verse 27 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang tanan nga mga lalake sa iyang balay, ang natawo sa iyang balay, ug ang pinalit sa salapi sa dumuloong, gicircuncidahan sila uban kaniya. |
| Croatian | i svi muškarci njegova doma, roðeni u njegovoj kuæi ili za novac kupljeni od stranca - svi s njim bijahu obrezani. |
| Danish | og alle Mænd i hans Hus, både de hjemmefødte og de, der var købt, de fremmede, blev omskåret tillige med ham. |
| Dutch | En alle mannen van zijn huis, de ingeborenen des huizes, en de gekochten met geld, van den vreemde af, werden met hem besneden. |
| Finnish | ja kaikki hänen perheensä miehet, sekä kotona syntyneet että muukalaisilta rahalla ostetut, ympärileikattiin hänen kanssaan. |
| French | Et tous les gens de sa maison, nés dans sa maison, ou acquis prix d`argent des étrangers, furent circoncis avec lui. |
| German | und was männlich in seinem Hause war, daheim geboren und erkauft von Fremden; es ward alles mit ihm beschnitten. |
| Hungarian | És házának minden férfi tagja, háza szülöttei és kik idegen embertõl pénzen vásároltattak, vele együtt körûlmetéltetének. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | bersama-sama dengan semua hamba Abraham. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan segala orang laki-laki yang dalam rumahnya, yaitu yang telah jadi dalam rumahnya dan yang dibeli dengan uang kepada orang dagang, sekalian itupun disunatkan bersama-sama dengan dia. |
| Italian | E tutti gli uomini della sua casa, i nati in casa e i comperati con denaro dagli stranieri, furono circoncisi con lui. |
| Maori | A i kotia ngatahitia me ia nga tangata katoa o tona whare, nga mea i whanau i roto i te whare, me nga mea i hokona ki te moni i te tangata iwi ke. |
| Norwegian | og alle menn i hans hus, både de som var født hjemme, og de fremmede som var kjøpt for penger. blev omskåret med ham. |
| Portuguese | E todos os homens da sua casa, assim os nascidos em casa, como os comprados por dinheiro ao estrangeiro, foram circuncidados com ele. |
| Rumanian | Wi toyi oamenii din casa lui: robi nqscuyi kn casa lui, sau cumpqrayi cu bani dela strqini, au fost tqiayi kmprejur kmpreunq cu el. |
| Russian | Й У ОЙН П'ТЕЪБО 'ЩМ ЧЕУШ НХЦЕУЛЙК ПМ "ПНБ ЕЗП, ТПЦ"ЕООЩЕ Ч "ПНЕ Й ЛХ МЕООЩЕ ЪБ УЕТЕ'ТП Х ЙОП МЕНЕООЙЛПЧ. |
| Spanish | Fueron circuncidados con él todos los varones de su casa, tanto los siervos nacidos en su casa como los comprados con dinero a los extranjeros. |
| Swedish | och alla män i hans hus, de hemfödda tjänarna och de som voro köpta för penningar ifrån främmande folk, blevo omskurna tillika med honom. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tam": tamable, tamal, tamale, tamales, tamals, tamandu, tamandua, tamanduas, tamandus, tamarack, tamaracks, tamarao, tamaraos, tamarau, tamaraus, tamari, tamarillo, tamarillos, tamarin, tamarind, tamarinds, tamarins, tamaris, tamarisk, tamarisks, tamasha, tamashas, tambac, tambacs, tambak, tambaks, tambala, tambalas, tambour, tamboura, tambouras, tamboured, tambourer, tambourers, tambourine, tambourines, tambouring, tambours, tambur, tambura, tamburas, tamburs, tame, tameable, tamed, tamein. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "tam": bantam, caprolactam, intravitam, lactam. (additional references) | |
Words containing "tam": acetamid, acetamide, acetamides, acetamids, acetaminophen, acetaminophens, amphetamine, amphetamines, antihistamine, antihistamines, antihistaminic, antihistaminics, antivitamin, antivitamins, aspartame, aspartames, ataman, atamans, atamasco, atamascos, avitaminoses, avitaminosis, avitaminotic, bantams, bantamweight, bantamweights, caprolactams, catamaran, catamarans, catamenia, catamenial, catamite, catamites, catamount, catamounts, contaminant, contaminants, contaminate, contaminated, contaminates, contaminating, contamination, contaminations, contaminative, contaminator, contaminators, decontaminate, decontaminated, decontaminates, decontaminating, decontamination. (additional references) | |
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"Tam" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atam, Atmx, etam, mtn, otamy, Otham, taam, tah, taim, taj, tak, talm, tamb, tami, tammi, Tamo, tamt, tamu, tanq, taq, Tasm, taum, tav, tawm, tbam, temm, th, thaim, tham, thaum, tiam, tim, timb, timj, Timm, timo, timy, tiom, tism, tjan, tlan, tlm, tma, tmh, tmj, toam, toi, Tomm, tpm, tqm, tsam, ttm, tuam, tumm, tumn, tvam, tvan, tvm, tyan, tym, xam, zam. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tam" (pronounced ta"m) |
| 2 | -a" m | am, Bam, Nam, Pam, ram, cam, Cham, clam, cram, dam, damn, dram, exam, Flam, gram, ham, jam, jamb, Lam, lamb, scam, sham, slam, spam, swam, tram, wham, yam. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mat. | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-t" | |
-1 letter: am, at, ma, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-t" | |
+1 letter: atma, atom, malt, mart, mast, mate, math, mats, matt, maut, meat, meta, moat, tame, tamp, tams, team, tram. | |
+2 letters: admit, ambit, ament, amity, amort, armet, atman, atmas, atoms, atomy, datum, etyma, gamut, magot, maist, malts, malty, manat, manta, marts, masts, match, mated, mater, mates, matey, maths, matin, matte, matts, matza, matzo, mauts, mayst, meant, meats, meaty, menta, metal, moats, ramet, satem, smalt, smart, stamp, steam, stoma, tamal, tamed, tamer, tames, tamis, tammy, tamps, teams, tharm, toman, tramp, trams, tryma. | |
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