Thailand

[ tahy-land, -luhnd ]

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noun

Formerly Siam. a kingdom in SE Asia: official name of Siam 1939–45 and since 1949. 198,242 sq. mi. (513,445 sq. km). : Bangkok.
Gulf of. Also called Gulf of Siam. an arm of the South China Sea, S of Thailand.

Thailand

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noun

a kingdom in SE Asia, on the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand: united as a kingdom in 1350 and became a major SE Asian power; consists chiefly of a central plain around the Chao Phraya river system, mountains rising over 2400 m (8000 ft) in the northwest, and rainforest the length of the S peninsula. Parts of the SW coast suffered badly in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. Official language: Thai. Official religion: (Hinayana) Buddhist. Currency: baht. Capital: Bangkok. Pop: 67 448 120 (2013 est). Area: 513 998 sq km (198 455 sq miles) Former name (until 1939 and 1945–49)Siam
Gulf of Thailand
an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina Former nameGulf of Siam

Thailand

Constitutional monarchy in southern Southeast Asia , bordered by Burma to the west and northwest, Laos to the north and east, Cambodia to the southeast, and the Gulf of Siam (an arm of the Pacific Ocean ) and Malaysia to the south. Its capital and largest city is Bangkok .

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Strongly supported the United States during the Vietnam War , Thailand was the site of American air bases until 1976, when relations with the United States deteriorated.

During the early 1990s, its economy became one of the strongest in Asia , but it experienced a sharp downturn in the mid-1990s.

Thailand was formerly called Siam.

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She said she convinced the wealthy financier to pay for her to get training to become a professional masseuse and he arranged for her to take a class in Thailand.

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The amount of cannabis posted to the UK from Thailand has dropped by 90% in three months thanks to cooperation with Thai Customs, the Home Office has said.

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Six police officers have been killed in Thailand after their plane crashed into the sea during a test flight for parachute training, police have said.

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Terry had been friends with Derrick Bird for years, the pair holidaying together in Thailand and fishing in the Lake District when they weren't chatting at the area's cab ranks.

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The proposed levies - targeting companies in Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam - are in response to allegations of subsidies from China and the dumping of unfairly cheap products in the US market.

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