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Thailand

thai·land

UK/ˈtɑjland/ US/ˈtaɪlænd/ fairly common

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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Origin

From Thai + -land, from Thai ไทย (tai), from ไท (tai, “Tai, or 'free' via folk etymology”).

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