Siam

[ sahy-am, sahy-am ]

noun

1. former name of Thailand ( def 1 ).
2. Gulf of, Thailand ( def 2 ).

Siam

/ ˈsaɪæm; saɪˈæm /

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

Example Sentences

Yes, these days, Nazism is all the rage in the land formerly known as Siam.

From The Daily Beast

He sought out the remnants of Siam in Thailand, and Rhodesia in Zimbabwe, and Leningrad in St. Petersburg.

From The Daily Beast

They are found in Malabar, Siam, Bengal, and in all the countries inhabited by the elephant and rhinoceros.

From Project Gutenberg

Father Tachard assures us on the contrary, that the white elephant of the king of Siam was rather small, though very old.

From Project Gutenberg

Such ought to have been the conduct of the King of Siam when the Dutch travellers affirmed to him the existence of ice.

From Project Gutenberg

In Siam, the unusual spectacle was beheld of the simultaneous enthronement of two kings as rulers of that country.

From Project Gutenberg

The Siamese of Siam, the kingdom of which Bankok is the capital, form but a fraction of this great stock.

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