Thailand

See also: Thaïland

Garuda Emblem of Thailand

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪlænd/, /ˈtaɪlənd/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Thailand

2. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok. Former name: Siam.
   • 2011 November 2, 00:07:14 from the start, in Conan Delivers Chinese Food in NYC (Conan)‎^[1], Conan O'Brien (actor), Team Coco:

     Are you from Thailand? I got you soup from Thailand!

   • 2025 January 14, Jay Ganglani and Kocha Olarn, “59 degrees Fahrenheit might not sound that chilly. In Thailand’s capital, it’s a shock to the system”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Bangkok typically sees temperatures between 73 and 91 degrees Fahrenheit (23 to 33 degrees Celsius) during January, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand – one reason why it’s a paradise for many tourists looking to escape winter in the northern hemisphere.

3. A barangay of Banisilan, Cotabato, Philippines

Related terms

• Thai

Descendants

• → Thai: ไทยแลนด์ (tai-lɛɛn)

Translations

country in Southeast Asia

• Abkhaz: Таиланд (Tʼajland)
• Afrikaans: Thailand
• Albanian: Tajlandë f, Tajlanda f (definite)
• Amharic: ታይላንድ (tayland)
• Arabic: تَايْلَانْد f (tayland), تَايْلَنْد f (tayland)

  Hijazi Arabic: تايلند f (tāyland)

• Armenian: Թաիլանդ (hy) (Tʻailand)
• Assamese: থাইলেণ্ড (thailendo)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܝܠܲܢܕܵܐ f (taylandā)
• Asturian: Tailandia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Tailand (az)
• Belarusian: Тайла́нд m (Tajlánd), Тайля́нд m (Tajljánd)
• Bengali: শ্যামদেশ (bn) (śêmodeś), থাইল্যান্ড (bn) (thailênḍ)
• 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)

  Eastern Min: 泰國 / 泰国 (Tái-guók)

  Hokkien: 泰國 / 泰国 (Thài-kok)

  Mandarin: 泰國 / 泰国 (zh) (Tàiguó)

  Wu: 泰國 / 泰国 (⁵tha-koq)

• Cornish: Pow Tay
• Czech: Thajsko (cs) n
• Danish: Thailand n
• Dhivehi: ސިޔާމު (siyāmu)
• Dutch: Thailand (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ཐཱའི་ལེནཌ (thā'i lenḍ)
• Esperanto: Tajlando (eo), Tajujo
• Estonian: Tai (et)
• Farefare: Taigo
• Faroese: Tailand n
• Finnish: Thaimaa (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Tayilanda f
• 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 (タイこく, Taikoku), 泰国 (ja) (たいこく, Taikoku)
• Kalenjin: Thailand
• Kamba: Thailand
• Kannada: ಥೈಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (thailyāṇḍ)
• Kazakh: Таиланд (Tailand)
• Khmer: ថៃ (km) (thay), ប្រទេសថៃ (prɑteih thay), ថៃឡង់ដ៍ (thaylɑng), ថៃឡង់ (thaylɑng), ទៃយ (tɨyy), សៀម (km) (siəm) (Siam)
• Korean: 태국(泰國) (ko) (Taeguk), 타이 (ko) (Tai)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Taylenda (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Таиланд (Tailand)
• Lao: ໄທ (thai), ເມືອງໄທ (mư̄angthai), ປະເທດໄທ (pa thētthai), ສຍາມ (sa nyām) (Siam)
• Latin: Thailandia f
• Latvian: Taizeme (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Tailandas (lt) m
• Lü: ᦵᦙᦲᧂᦺᦒ (moengthay)
• Luhya: Thailand
• Luo: Thailand
• Macedonian: Та́јланд m (Tájland)
• Malay: Negara Thai, Thailand (ms)
• Maltese: it-Tajlandja
• Maori: Tairana
• Maranao: Sam
• Marathi: थायलंड (thāylaṇḍa)
• Meru: Thailand
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Тайланд (Tajland), Тай Вант Улс (Taj Vant Uls)

• Navajo: Tʼáí bikéyah
• Nepali: थाइल्यान्द (thāilyānda)
• Norman: Thailande f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Thailand (no) n

  Nynorsk: Thailand (nn) n

• Odia: ଥାଇଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (thāilyāṇḍa)
• Ossetian: Таиланд (Tailand)
• Pali: deyyaraṭṭha n, syāmaraṭṭha n (archaic)
• Pashto: تايلېنډ m (tāylenḍ), ټايلېند m (ṭāylend), سيام m (siyām) (Siam)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تایلَنْد (tâyland)

• Polish: Tajlandia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Tailândia (pt)
• Punjabi: ਥਾਈਲੈਂਡ (thāīlaiṇḍ)
• Romanian: Tailanda f, Thailanda (ro) f
• Russian: Таила́нд (ru) m (Tailánd), Сиа́м m (Siám) (Siam)
• Sanskrit: दैयदेश (daiyadeśa), दैयप्रदेश (daiyapradeśa) (literally), श्यामप्रदेश (śyāmapradeśa) (archaic)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Та̏јланд m

  Roman: Tȁjland (sh) m

• Sinhalese: තායිලන්තය (si) (tāyilantaya)
• Slovak: Thajsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Tájska (sl) f
• Spanish: Tailandia (es) f
• Swahili: Uthai
• Swedish: Thailand (sv) n
• Sylheti: ꠕꠣꠁꠟꠦꠘ (táilen)
• Tagalog: Thailand, Siam, Taylandiya
• Tajik: Таиланд (Tayiland)
• Tamil: தாய்லாந்து (tāylāntu)
• Tatar: Таиланд (Tailand)
• Telugu: థాయిలాండ్ (te) (thāyilāṇḍ)
• Thai: ไทย (th) (tai), เมืองไทย (mʉʉang tai), ประเทศไทย (bprà-têet tai), สยาม (th) (sà-yǎam) (Siam), ไทยแลนด์ (th) (tai-lɛɛn) (colloquial)
• Tibetan: ཐའི་ལེན (tha'i len)
• Turkish: Tayland (tr)
• Turkmen: Taýland
• Ukrainian: Таїла́нд (uk) m (Tajilánd)
• Urdu: تھائِیلَینْڈ m (thāīlainḍ), تھائِی لَینْڈ m (thāī lainḍ)
• Uyghur: تايلاند (tayland)
• Uzbek: Tailand (uz)
• Vietnamese: Thái Lan (vi) (泰蘭), nước Thái Lan
• Welsh: Gwlad Thai
• White Hmong: Thaib Teb
• Yiddish: טײַלאַנד n (tayland)
• Yoruba: Táíláǹdì
• Zhuang: Daigoz

See also

• Countries of the world

countries in Asia (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• China
• Cyprus
• East Timor
• Georgia
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• North Korea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Further reading

• Thailand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thailand on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Thailand on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Category:Thailand on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Thailand

1. Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia; capital: Bangkok)

Derived terms

• Thailander
• Thailands

Related terms

• Thai
• Thais

Further reading

• Thailand on the Afrikaans Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^af

Danish

Proper noun

Thailand

1. Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• thai
• thailandsk
• thailænder

Further reading

• Thailand on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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 (a country in Southeast Asia)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Thailand n (proper noun, genitive Thailands or (optionally with an article) Thailand)

1. Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• Thailänder
• thailändisch

Related terms

• Land

Further reading

• “Thailand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Tailand

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Thailand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tai̯lan]

Proper noun

Thailand

1. Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)

See also

countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit

• Afganistan
• Arab Saudi
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Filipina
• Georgia
• India
• Indonesia
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Jepang
• Kamboja
• Kazakhstan
• Kirgizstan
• Korea Selatan
• Korea Utara
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libanon
• Maladewa
• Malaysia
• Mesir
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestina
• Qatar
• Rusia
• Singapura
• Siprus
• Sri Lanka
• Suriah
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Tiongkok
• Turki
• Turkmenistan
• Uni Emirat Arab
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yaman
• Yordania

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Thailand

1. Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• thailender, thailending
• thailandsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Thailand

1. Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• thailendar, thailending
• thailandsk

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Thailand n (genitive Thailands)

1. Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• thailändare
• thailändsk
• thailändska

References

• Thailand in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH