Siam

Si·am

[sahy-am, sahy-am]
noun
1.
former name of Thailand ( def 1 ).
2.
Thailand ( def 2 ).
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Siam (saɪˈæm, ˈsaɪæm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  the former name (until 1939 and 1945--49) of Thailand
2.  Gulf of Siam the former name of (the Gulf of) Thailand an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina

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Siam is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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