"Lam" meaning in English

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        "2": "yue",
        "3": "林",
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      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 林 (lam4)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Lin",
        "3": "Lim"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Lin and Lim",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Cantonese 林 (lam4). Doublet of Lin and Lim.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Lams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "Lams"
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      "expansion": "Lam (plural Lams)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "English surnames",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from Cantonese."
      ],
      "id": "en-Lam-en-name-ePph-GcC",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/læm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lam"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yue",
        "3": "林",
        "tr": "lam4"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 林 (lam4)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Lin",
        "3": "Lim"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Lin and Lim",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Cantonese 林 (lam4). Doublet of Lin and Lim.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Lams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "Lams"
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      "expansion": "Lam (plural Lams)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English 1-syllable words",
        "English doublets",
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        "English proper nouns",
        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from Cantonese",
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      "glosses": [
        "A surname from Cantonese."
      ],
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        [
          "surname",
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        ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/læm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lam"
}