Hyam

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. 2
    A Plateau language spoken in central Nigeria.
  3. 3
    A surname from Hebrew [in turn originating as a patronymic].

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew חַיִּים (“life”).

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