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Thailand
[ tahy-land, -luhnd ]
noun
- Formerly Siam. a kingdom in SE Asia: official name of Siam 1939–45 and since 1949. 198,242 sq. mi. (513,445 sq. km). : Bangkok.
- Gulf of. Also called Gulf of Siam. an arm of the South China Sea, S of Thailand.
Thailand
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noun
- a kingdom in SE Asia, on the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand: united as a kingdom in 1350 and became a major SE Asian power; consists chiefly of a central plain around the Chao Phraya river system, mountains rising over 2400 m (8000 ft) in the northwest, and rainforest the length of the S peninsula. Parts of the SW coast suffered badly in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. Official language: Thai. Official religion: (Hinayana) Buddhist. Currency: baht. Capital: Bangkok. Pop: 67 448 120 (2013 est). Area: 513 998 sq km (198 455 sq miles) Former name (until 1939 and 1945–49)Siam
- Gulf of Thailandan arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina Former nameGulf of Siam
Thailand
- Constitutional monarchy in southern Southeast Asia , bordered by Burma to the west and northwest, Laos to the north and east, Cambodia to the southeast, and the Gulf of Siam (an arm of the Pacific Ocean ) and Malaysia to the south. Its capital and largest city is Bangkok .
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A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for an American academic under Thailand's lese-majeste law that forbids insulting the monarchy.
A couple who feared they would be sent to prison after they were attacked by neighbours in Thailand have been allowed to return to the UK having been fined.
We want to know what you think is going to happen to the guests and employees at Mike White’s Thailand resort.
Machinery, automobiles and toys - sectors led by China and Thailand - are ripe for tariff-driven relocation.
Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will travel to Thailand for a regional summit as his country reels from an earthquake that killed thousands and left cities in ruins.
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