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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Aam n.  A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36½, at Hamburg 38¼. [Written also Aum and Awm.]
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Om interj. & n. [Also Aum, Um.] [Skr. ōm.] A mystic syllable or ejaculation used by Hindus and Buddhists in religious rites, -- orig. among the Hindus an exclamation of assent, like Amen, then an invocation, and later a symbol of the trinity formed by Vishnu, Siva, and Brahma.
 Om mani padme hun, a sacred formula of buddhism (esp. of the Lamaists) translated “O, the Jewel in the Lotus, Amen,” and referring to Amitabha, who is commonly represented as standing or sitting within a lotus.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Aum n. Same as Aam.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Aum
      n : a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan
          and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987
          that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity; "in
          1995 Aum members released deadly sarin gas on a Tokyo
          subway train" [syn: Aum Shinrikyo, Supreme Truth]