Si·am (s - m ) See Thailand. |
Siam [saɪˈæm ˈsaɪæm]
n
1. (Placename) the former name (until 1939 and 1945-49) of Thailand
2. (Placename) Gulf of. an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
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| Noun | 1. |  Siam - a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula; "Thailand is the official name of the former Siam"Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language - the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations - an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism Indochina, Indochinese peninsula - a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam Malay Peninsula - a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar Bangkok, capital of Thailand, Krung Thep - the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture Chao Phraya - a river in Thailand formed by the confluence of the Nan and Ping Rivers; flows southward past Bangkok and empties into the Gulf of Thailand Mekong, Mekong River - an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea Nan River, Nan - a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya Ping, Ping River - a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya |
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