Thailand

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Thailand

/ˈtaɪlænd/ US, UK
/ˈtaɪlənd/ US, UK
/ˈtɑjland/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈtɑjlənd/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈtɑelænd/ Australia
/ˈtɑelənd/ Australia
/ˈtɑelɛnd/ New Zealand
/ˈtɑelənd/ New Zealand
/ˈtaɪland/ Northern England, Wales
/ˈtaɪlənd/ Northern England, Wales
/ˈtʌɪland/ Scotland
/ˈtʌɪlənd/ Scotland

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

A country in Southeast Asia; formerly, Siam. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok. Are you from Thailand? I got you soup from Thailand!
A barangay of Banisilan, Cotabato, Philippines.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: siam, cambodia, burma, vietnam, nepal, morocco, tajikistan, mauritania, thai, malaysia, tunisia, mongolia, namibia, indonesia, bangkok, macedonia

Translations

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name country in Southeast Asia

Español	Tailandia, Thailandia
한국어	태국 Taeguk, 타이
日本語	タイ, タイ国 Taikoku, 泰国 Taikoku
中文	泰國 /泰国 Tàiguó
हिन्दी	श्यामदेश śyāmdeś, थाईलैंड thāīlaiṇḍ, स्याम syām, श्याम śyām, थाईलैण्ड thāīlaiṇḍ
Kiswahili	Uthai
Português	Tailândia
Français	Thaïlande
Deutsch	Thailand
Italiano	Tailandia, Thailandia
Ελληνικά	Ταϊλάνδη Taïlándi
Română	Tailanda, Thailanda
Русский	Таила́нд Tailánd, Сиа́м Siám
Tiếng Việt	Thái Lan, nước Thái Lan
العربية	تَايْلَانْد tayland, تَايْلَنْد tayland
עברית	תאילנד/ תַּיְלַנְד tailand

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Chicago

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@misc{thailand_2026,
  title = {Thailand},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thailand},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}