Chiang Mai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai เชียงใหม่ (Chiiang Mai), from เชียง (chiiang, “walled city”) + ใหม่ (mài, “new”). In reference to the kingdoms, from their capital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.ɑːŋ ˈmaɪ/

Proper noun

Chiang Mai

1. A province of Thailand.
2. A city in Thailand.
3. (historical) Synonym of Lanna, a former kingdom.
4. (historical) Synonym of Rattanatingsa, a former kingdom.
5. (geography, historical) Synonym of Chimay, an imaginary lake or marsh long thought to exist near Chiang Mai.

Translations

city in Thailand

• Burmese: ဇင်းမယ် (jang:mai), ချင်းမိုင် (hkyang:muing)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 清邁／清迈 (zh) (Qīngmài)

• Hungarian: Csiangmaj (hu)
• Italian: Chiang Mai
• Japanese: チエンマイ (chienmai)
• Korean: 치앙마이 (chiangmai)
• Lao: ຊຽງໃໝ່ (sīang mai)
• Lashi: Chengmay
• Lü: ᦵᦋᧂᦺᦖᧈ (tsengṁay¹)
• Northern Thai: ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩉ᩠ᨾᩲ᩵ (chiang-mài)
• Polish: Chiang Mai (pl) n
• Russian: Чиангма́й m (Čiangmáj)
• Shan: ၵဵင်းမႆႇ (shn) (káeng mài)
• Thai: เชียงใหม่ (th) (chiiang-mài)

Italian

Proper noun

Chiang Mai

1. Chiang Mai (a city and province of Thailand)