Thailand

See also: Thaïland
Garuda Emblem of Thailand

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ̯lænd/, /ˈtaɪ̯lənd/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Thailand

  1. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Former name: Siam.
    • 2011 November 2, Conan Delivers Chinese Food in NYC (Conan), Team Coco, 00:07:14 from the start:
      Are you from Thailand? I got you soup from Thailand!

Translations

See also

Danish

Proper noun

Thailand

  1. Thailand

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of Thai + land.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑi.lɑnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Thai‧land

Proper noun

Thailand n

  1. Thailand

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Thailand n (proper noun, genitive Thailands or (optionally with an article) Thailand)

  1. Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Thailand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Thailand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tai̯lan]

Proper noun

Thailand

  1. Thailand

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Thailand

  1. Thailand

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Thailand

  1. Thailand

Swedish

Proper noun

Thailand n (genitive Thailands)

  1. Thailand
  • thailändare

Tagalog

Etymology

From English Thailand (Thai + -land), with the root ultimately from Thai ไทย (tai).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Thai‧land
  • IPA(key): /ˈtajland/, [ˈtaɪ̯.lɐnd]

Proper noun

Thailand

  1. Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)
    Synonyms: Siam, Taylandiya

Derived terms

  • Thailand shower

Further reading

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