Siam

[ sahy-am, sahy-am ]

noun
  1. former name of Thailand (def. 1).

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British Dictionary definitions for Siam

Siam

/ (saɪˈæm, ˈsaɪæm) /


noun
  1. the former name (until 1939 and 1945–49) of Thailand

  2. Gulf of Siam an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina: the former name of (the Gulf of) Thailand (def. 2)

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