Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Cheam as a surname developed from ជាម.
Cheam’s family of names
In English usage, Cheam as a surname developed from the Khmer form ជាម.
The ring: across languages.
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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