Thailand

Garuda Emblem of Thailand

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪ̯lænd/, /ˈtaɪ̯lənd/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Thailand

2. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Former name: Siam.
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     Are you from Thailand? I got you soup from Thailand!

Related terms

• Thai

Translations

country in Southeast Asia

• Abkhaz: Таиланд (Ṭāilānd)
• Albanian: Tajlandë f
• Amharic: ታይላንድ (tayland)
• Arabic: تَايْلَانْد‎ f (tayland), تَايْلَنْد‎ f (tayland)
• Armenian: Թաիլանդ (hy) (Tʿailand)
• Assamese: থাইলেণ্ড (thailendo)
• Asturian: Tailandia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Tailand (az)
• Belarusian: Тайла́нд m (Tajlánd)
• Bengali: শ্যামদেশ (śjamdeś), থাইল্যান্ড (thailjanḍ)
• Breton: Thailand
• Bulgarian: Тайла́нд (bg) m (Tajlánd)
• Burmese: ထိုင်း (my) (htuing:), ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:)
• Catalan: Tailàndia (ca) f
• Chechen: Таиланд (Tailand)
• Cherokee: ᏔᏱᎦᏙᎯ (tayigadohi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 泰國, 泰国 (taai³ gwok³)

  Mandarin: 泰國 (zh), 泰国 (zh) (Tàiguó)

• Czech: Thajsko (cs) n
• Danish: Thailand
• Dhivehi: ސިޔާމު‎ (siyāmu)
• Dutch: Thailand (nl)
• Dzongkha: ཐཱའི་ལེནཌ (thā'i lenḍ)
• Esperanto: Tajlando (eo)
• Estonian: Tai (et)
• Faroese: Tailand n
• Finnish: Thaimaa (fi)
• French: Thaïlande (fr) f
• Galician: Tailandia (gl) f
• Georgian: ტაილანდი (ka) (ṭailandi)
• German: Thailand (de) n
• Greek: Ταϊλάνδη (el) f (Taïlándi)
• Gujarati: થાઇલેન્ડ (thāilenḍ)
• Hausa: Tailan
• Hawaiian: Tailani
• Hebrew: תאילנד/ תַּיְלַנְד‎ f (tailand)
• Hindi: श्यामदेश m (śyāmdeś), थाईलैंड (hi) m (thāīlaiṇḍ), स्याम (hi) m (syām), श्याम (hi) m (śyām)
• Hungarian: Thaiföld (hu)
• Icelandic: Taíland (is) n
• Indonesian: Thailand (id), Muangthai
• Interlingua: Thailandia
• Italian: Tailandia (it) f, Thailandia (it) f
• Japanese: タイ (ja) (Tai), タイ国 (Tai-koku), 泰国 (ja) (たいこく, Taikoku)
• Kalenjin: Thailand
• Kamba: Thailand
• Kannada: ಥೈಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (thailyāṇḍ)
• Kazakh: Таиланд (Taïland)
• Khmer: ថៃ (km) (thay), ប្រទេសថៃ (prɑteih thay), ថៃឡង់ដ៍, ថៃឡង់ (thailâng)
• Korean: 태국 (Taeguk) (泰國 (ko)), 타이 (Tai)
• Kyrgyz: Таиланд (Tailand)
• Lao: ໄທ (thai), ເມືອງໄທ (mư̄ang thai), ປະເທດໄທ (pa thēt thai)

• Latin: Thailandia f
• Latvian: Taizeme f
• Lithuanian: Tailandas (lt) m
• Luhya: Thailand
• Luo: Thailand
• Lü: ᦙᦵᦲᧂᦒᦺ (moengthay)
• Macedonian: Та́јланд m (Tájland)
• Malay: Negara Thai, Thailand
• Maltese: it-Tajlandja
• Maori: Tairana
• Marathi: थायलंड (thāyalaṇḍ)
• Meru: Thailand
• Mongolian: Тайланд (Tajland), Тай Вант Улс (Taj Vant Uls)
• Navajo: Tʼáí bikéyah
• Nepali: थाइल्यान्द (thāilyānda)
• Norman: Thailande f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Thailand (no)

  Nynorsk: Thailand (nn)

• Ossetian: Таиланд (Tailand)
• Persian: تایلند‎ (fa) (tâylând)
• Polish: Tajlandia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Tailândia (pt)
• Romanian: Tailanda f, Thailanda (ro) f
• Russian: Таила́нд (ru) m (Tailánd), Сиа́м m (Siám) (Siam)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Тајланд m

  Roman: Tajland (sh) m

• Sinhalese: තායිලන්තය (tāyilantaya)
• Slovak: Thajsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Tájska (sl) f
• Spanish: Tailandia (es) f
• Swahili: Uthai
• Swedish: Thailand (sv)
• Sylheti: ꠕꠣꠁꠟꠦꠘ (tailen)
• Tagalog: Thailand, Siyam
• Tajik: Таиланд (Tayiland)
• Tamil: தாய்லாந்து (tāylāntu)
• Tatar: Таиланд (Tailand)
• Telugu: థాయిలాండ్ (te) (thāyilāṇḍ)
• Thai: ไทย (th) (tai), เมืองไทย (mʉʉang tai), ประเทศไทย (bprà-têet tai)
• Tibetan: ཐའི་ལེན། (tha'i len)
• Turkish: Tayland (tr)
• Turkmen: Taýland
• Ukrainian: Таїла́нд (uk) m (Tajilánd)
• Urdu: تھائیلینڈ‎ m (thāīlaiṇḍ)
• Uyghur: تايلاند‎ (tayland)
• Uzbek: Tailand (uz)
• Vietnamese: Thái Lan (vi), nước Thái Lan
• Welsh: Gwlad Thai
• Yiddish: טיילאַנד‎ n (teyland)
• Yoruba: Tailandi
• Zhuang: Daigoz

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

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Danish

Proper noun

Thailand

1. Thailand

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Dutch

Etymology

Compound of Thai +‎ land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi.lɑnt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Thai‧land

Proper noun

Thailand n

1. Thailand

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Thailand n (genitive Thailands)

1. Thailand

Derived terms

• Thailänder
• thailändisch

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Thailand

1. Thailand

Related terms

• thailender, thailending
• thailandsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Thailand

1. Thailand

Related terms

• thailendar, thailending
• thailandsk

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Swedish

Proper noun

Thailand n (genitive Thailands)

1. Thailand

Related terms

• thailändare