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Siam

UK/sjɑm˦˨/ US/ˈsaɪæm/ uncommon

noun

1.

a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula

  • “Thailand is the official name of the former Siam”
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Borrowed from Portuguese Sciam (“Thailand”), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam, “Siam, historical name”) (see there for more hypotheses), the same root as Shan and probably Assam.

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