Thái Lan

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 泰蘭, composed of 泰 (“Thai”) and 蘭 (“-land”), coined with the phonetic morpheme 蘭／兰 (lán) by analogy with the European names of Thailand. In proper Mandarin, the country is known as 泰國／泰国 (Tàiguó), with the semantic morpheme 國／国 (guó, “country; state; -land”) instead.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰaːj˧˦ laːn˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰaːj˨˩˦ laːŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰaːj˦˥ laːŋ˧˧]

Proper noun

Thái Lan

Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)

Synonyms

Thái

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