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Kham

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Kham¹

  • /kʌm/ UK, US

Sounds like come, cum · Rhymes with -ʌm

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Tibetan ཁམས (khams).

proper noun

  1. One of the three traditional regions of Tibet, covering a land area largely divided between eastern parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region, western parts of Sichuan, and smaller parts of Qinghai and Yunnan. In the summer of 1956, Chinese troops bombed a large monastery in the eastern Kham region. The Chinese had begun to destroy the religious and cultural artifacts of Tibet.

Kham²

  • /kʌm/ UK, US

Sounds like come, cum · Rhymes with -ʌm

Where it comes from

Transliteration of Lao ຄຳ (kham).

proper noun Khams

  1. A surname from Lao.

Translations

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name region of Tibet

中文康區 /康区 Kāngqū
РусскийКам Kam, Кхам Kxam

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"Kham." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kham. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Kham. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kham

Chicago

"Kham." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kham.

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@misc{kham_2026,
  title = {Kham},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kham},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}