# Thailand

Pronunciation: say "TY-land" US /ˈtaɪˌlænd/, UK /ˈtaɪlænd/

## Proper noun

1. A country in Southeast Asia, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, with its capital at Bangkok.
   - Simple: A country in Southeast Asia, with Bangkok as its capital city.
   - _Thailand exports large quantities of rice each year._
   - _She spent a year teaching English at a school in northern Thailand._

## Other meanings

- (proper noun) A barangay of Banisilan, Cotabato, Philippines.

## Origin

Formed from Thai and the suffix -land. "Thai" comes from Thai ไทย (tai), from ไท (tai), meaning "Tai," or by folk etymology "free."

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