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Thailand

UK/ˈtaɪlænd/

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British/ˈtɑjland/

Thailand proper noun: a country in Southeast Asia; formerly, Siam. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok.

thailand: a country in Southeast Asia; formerly, Siam. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok
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Proper noun

Thailand

  1. A country in Southeast Asia; formerly, Siam. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok.
    • Are you from Thailand? I got you soup from Thailand!2011 November 2, 00:07:14 from the start, in Conan Delivers Chinese Food in NYC (Conan), Conan O'Brien (actor), Team Coco
    • A group of Thai researchers found the spider during an expedition to Phang-Nga province in southern Thailand to research the diversity and distribution of tarantulas in the country.2023 September 26, Hafsa Khalil, “Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2024
  2. A barangay of Banisilan, Cotabato, Philippines.

Thailand meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Thailand in Hindi

country in Southeast Asia
श्यामदेश śyāmdeś, थाईलैंड thāīlaiṇḍ, स्याम syām, श्याम śyām, थाईलैण्ड thāīlaiṇḍ

Thailand in Tamil

country in Southeast Asia
தாய்லாந்து tāylāntu

Thailand in Marathi

country in Southeast Asia
थायलंड thāylaṇḍa

Thailand in Urdu

country in Southeast Asia
تھائِیلَینْڈ thāīlainḍ, تھائِی لَینْڈ thāī lainḍ
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Thailand in Bengali
শ্যামদেশ śêmodeś, থাইল্যান্ড thailênḍ
Thailand in Telugu
థాయిలాండ్ thāyilāṇḍ
Thailand in Kannada
ಥೈಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ thailyāṇḍ
Thailand in Punjabi
ਥਾਈਲੈਂਡ thāīlaiṇḍ
Thailand in Gujarati
થાઇલેન્ડ thāilenḍ
Thailand in Odia
ଥାଇଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ thāilyāṇḍa
Thailand in Sanskrit
दैयदेश daiyadeśa, दैयप्रदेश daiyapradeśa, श्यामप्रदेश śyāmapradeśa
Thailand in Sinhala
තායිලන්තය tāyilantaya
Thailand in Assamese
থাইলেণ্ড thailendo
Thailand in Nepali
थाइल्यान्द thāilyānda
Thailand in Pashto
تايلېنډ tāylenḍ, ټايلېند ṭāylend, سيام siyām
Thailand in Tagalog
Thailand, Siam, Taylandiya
Thailand in Arabic
تَايْلَانْد tayland, تَايْلَنْد tayland
Thailand in Malay
Negara Thai, Thailand
Thailand in Indonesian
Tailan, Thailand
Thailand in Thai
ไทย tai, เมืองไทย mʉʉang tai, ประเทศไทย bprà-têet tai, สยาม sà-yǎam
Thailand in Vietnamese
Thái Lan, nước Thái Lan
Thailand in Myanmar
ထိုင်း htuing:, ယိုးဒယား yui:da.ya:
Dhivehi
ސިޔާމު siyāmu
Dzongkha
ཐཱའི་ལེནཌ thā'i lenḍ

Origin of Thailand

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

Words formed from Thailand

Phrases with Thailand

Questions about Thailand

What does Thailand mean?
Thailand means a country in Southeast Asia; formerly, Siam. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok.
What is Thailand in Hindi?
Thailand in Hindi is श्यामदेश (śyāmdeś), थाईलैंड (thāīlaiṇḍ), स्याम (syām). See Thailand meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Thailand?
Thailand is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Thailand?
Thailand is pronounced /ˈtaɪlænd/ (UK).

Words near Thailand in the dictionary

  1. Thaified
  2. Thaifies
  3. Thaify
  4. Thaifying
  5. Thaiglish
  6. Thailand
  7. Thailander
  8. Thailanders
  9. Thailandish
  10. Thain
  11. Thainess

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Thailand (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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