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thailand

UK/ˈtaɪlænd/US/ˈtaɪlænd/
nounA2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,899 of 15,258leans written

Thailand is the Southeast Asian country of Bangkok, temples, and beaches. Travel to Thailand, northern Thailand, the king of Thailand.

It is the only country in the region never colonised by a European power, which is a point of national pride and a fact of skilful nineteenth-century diplomacy. The name means land of the free. Its full ceremonial capital name is the longest place name in the world.

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Definitions of thailand

  1. 1nounthailandA country in Southeast Asia.A2+

    “Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is famous for its temples and street food.”

thailand is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. th

    ไทย

  2. English

    Thailand

  3. English, today

    thailand

Built from

  • ไท · th — Tai, or 'free' via folk etymology

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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