Thailand

See also: Thaïland

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.
   • 2011 November 2, Conan Delivers Chinese Food in NYC (Conan)‎^[1], Team Coco, 00:07:14 from the start:

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

Related terms

• Thai

Translations

country in Southeast Asia

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

  Hijazi Arabic: تايلند‎ f (Tāyland)

• Armenian: Թաիլանդ (hy) (Tʿailand)
• Assamese: থাইলেণ্ড (thailendo)
• Asturian: Tailandia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Tailand (az)
• Belarusian: Тайла́нд m (Tajlánd)
• Bengali: শ্যামদেশ (śjamdeś), থাইল্যান্ড (bn) (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)

  Min Dong: 泰國, 泰国 (Tái-guók)

  Min Nan: 泰國, 泰国 (Thài-kok)

  Wu: 泰國, 泰国 (tha koq)

• Czech: Thajsko (cs) n
• Danish: Thailand
• Dhivehi: ސިޔާމު‎ (siyāmu)
• Dutch: Thailand (nl)
• Dzongkha: ཐཱའི་ལེནཌ (thā'i lenḍ)
• Esperanto: Tajlando (eo)
• Estonian: Tai (et)
• Farefare: Taigo
• Faroese: Tailand n
• Finnish: Thaimaa (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Tayilande 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 (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 (thaylɑng), ទៃយ (tɨyy)
• Korean: 태국(泰國) (ko) (Taeguk), 타이 (ko) (Tai)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Taylenda (ku)

• 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
• Maranao: Sam
• Marathi: थायलंड (thāylaṇḍa)
• Meru: Thailand
• Mongolian: Тайланд (Tailand), Тай Вант Улс (Tai Vant Uls)
• Navajo: Tʼáí bikéyah
• Nepali: थाइल्यान्द (thāilyānda)
• Norman: Thailande f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Thailand (no)

  Nynorsk: Thailand (nn)

• Oriya: ଥାଇଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (thailyaṇḍô)
• Ossetian: Таиланд (Tailand)
• Pashto: تايلېنډ‎ m (tāylénḍ), ټايلېند‎ m (ṭāylend), سيام‎ m (siyām) (Siam)
• Persian: تایلند‎ (fa) (tâylând)
• 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)
• 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 (táilen)
• 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) (泰蘭), nước Thái Lan
• Welsh: Gwlad Thai
• Yiddish: טײַלאַנד‎ n (tayland)
• Yoruba: Táíláǹdì
• 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, 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 (proper noun, genitive Thailands or (optionally with an article) Thailand)

1. Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• Thailänder
• thailändisch

Further reading

• “Thailand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Tailandia (very rare)
• Tailand

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Thailand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tai̯lan]

Proper noun

Thailand

1. Thailand

See also

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

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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