Thái Lan
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 泰蘭, composed of 泰 (“Thai”) and 蘭 (“-land”), coined with the phonetic morpheme 蘭／兰 (lán) by analogy with the European names of Thailand. In proper Mandarin, the country is known as 泰國／泰国 (Tàiguó), with the semantic morpheme 國／国 (guó, “country; state; -land”) instead.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaːj˧˦ laːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaːj˨˩˦ laːŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰaːj˦˥ laːŋ˧˧]
Proper noun[edit]
- Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)