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Menam

British  
/ miːˈnæm /

noun

  1. another name for the Chao Phraya

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Gloucester, Mass. Boowoo & Ubum Sirs: Before leaving there I fished the upper Menam, the regal preserve to which I had been granted piscary.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Bonite swung at her moorings in the Menam, opposite my hotel windows, so, made cautious by previous experiences on other coastwise vessels, I went out in a sampan to make a preliminary survey.

From Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)

They spread thence, in fanlike fashion, from Laos to Assam, and the middle section ultimately descended the Menam to the sea.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

The only noteworthy exception is the Siamese branch, which forms the bulk of the population in the Menam basin.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

We then went on the river Menam, to visit certain temples.

From Travels in the Far East by Peck, Ellen Mary Hayes