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Chiamai

Chiamai is the alternative form of Chimay.

Meaning of Chimay

Proper noun (1)

Chimay

  1. A city and municipality in Hainault, Belgium.

Proper noun (2)

Chimay

  1. (historical) An imaginary lake thought for centuries to exist in southern China or northern Indochina, once believed to be the source of the Brahmaputra or Meghna, the Irrawaddy, the Salween, and the Chao Phraya Rivers.
    • CHIMAY, the name of a great lake, lying in the province of Acham, between the Eaſt-Indies and China.1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184

Questions about Chiamai

What is Chiamai the alternative form of?
Chiamai is the alternative form of Chimay.

Words near Chiamai in the dictionary

  1. Chiai
  2. Chiajna
  3. chialat
  4. chialoup
  5. chialoups
  6. Chiamai
  7. Chiamay
  8. Chiammay
  9. Chiampa
  10. Chian
  11. Chian earth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chiamai (page history and authors); Chimay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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