Siam

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”), the same root as Shan and probably Assam.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /saɪˈæm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æm

Siam

2. (historical) The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia.
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     From hence we firſt ſailed to Achin, in the iſland of Sumatra, and then to Siam, where we bartered our wares for ſome arrack and opium, the laſt of which bore a great price among the Chineſe: […]

• Gulf of Siam
• Siam weed
• Siamese

• AMIs, Amis, ISAM, Isam, M'sia, MIAs, Masi, Mias, Sami, Sima, Sámi, aims, saim, sima

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [siˈam]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Siam m

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)

• siamès

From Portuguese Sciam, from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɑm/, [ˈs̠iɑ̝m]
• Rhymes: -iɑm
• Syllabification^(key): Si‧am

Siam

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)

• Sami, amis, masi, sima

• IPA^(key): /sjam/

• Audio:

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Siam m

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)

• IPA^(key): [ˈziːam]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Si‧am

Siam n (proper noun, strong, genitive Siams or Siam)

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)

• Siamese m
• siamesisch
• Siamkatze f

•   Siam on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Siam” in Duden online

From Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam).

• IPA^(key): /si.am/
• Rhymes: -iam, -jam, -am

Siam (Jawi spelling سيام)

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)
   1. (informal, esp. Northern Peninsular) Thailand (in its modern form)

   Synonyms: Thailand, Negara Thai

• Indonesian: Siam
• → Pattani Malay: سيٍّي / ซีแย

Siam (Jawi spelling سيام)

1. (dialectal) Thai; relating to Thailand, the Thai people, or the Thai language.

   Kakak aku asyik khusyuk tengok drama Siam dari tengahari. ― My sister's been hooked watching Thai dramas since afternoon.

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سيم siyam”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 432
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “Siam”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 467

• “Siam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Siam m

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Siam (“Thailand”), from Portuguese Sciam (“Thailand”), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam, “Siam (historical name)”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈam/ [ˈʃam]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /siˈam/ [ˈsjam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: Si‧am
• Homophone: siyam

Siám (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔)

1. (historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Taylandiya

• mais, amis, sima, asim, misa