Look up Dam, dam, or dams in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A dam is a barrier obstructing flowing water.

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
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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 (Indian coin)
• Dam (Nepali coin)
• Dam (methylase), DNA adenine methylase
• Dam (surname), a surname
• Dams (surname), a surname
• The Dam a 1913 painting by Dominique Lang
• Dental dam
• WCMG, a South Carolina, US radio station once called "94.3 The Dam"
• 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

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)