Siam
See also: siam
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Sciam (“Thailand”), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam, “Siam, historical name”), from Pali suvaṇṇabhūmi (“land of gold”) or Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma, “dark”) or Mon ရာမည (rhmañña, “stranger”), probably the same root as Shan and Assam[1]
Proper noun
Siam
Derived terms
Translations
the former name of Thailand
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References
- ^ Barend Jan Terwiel, Chaichuen Khamdaengyodtai, Shan Manuscripts. Franz Steiner, 2003, p. 9.
Anagrams
Finnish
Proper noun
Siam
Declension
Inflection of Siam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Siam | — | ||
genitive | Siamin | — | ||
partitive | Siamia | — | ||
illative | Siamiin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Siam | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Siam | — | |
gen. | Siamin | |||
genitive | Siamin | — | ||
partitive | Siamia | — | ||
inessive | Siamissa | — | ||
elative | Siamista | — | ||
illative | Siamiin | — | ||
adessive | Siamilla | — | ||
ablative | Siamilta | — | ||
allative | Siamille | — | ||
essive | Siamina | — | ||
translative | Siamiksi | — | ||
abessive | Siamitta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Siam m
- (historical) Siam (the former name of Thailand)
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Siam n (genitive Siam or Siams)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Siam on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Siam” in Duden online
Spanish
Proper noun
Siam m
- (historical) Siam (the former name of Thailand)
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