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Be careful about Burma. Most people cannot remember whether it was Siam and has become Thailand, or whether it is now part of Malaysia and should be called Sri Lanka.
Alexander Cockburn

Meaning of "Siam" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SIAM

Siam  [saɪˈæm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SIAM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Siam is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SIAM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Siam

Thailand

Thailand (/ˈtaɪlænd/ TY-land or /ˈtaɪlənd/ TY-lənd; Thai: ประเทศไทย, RTGS: Prathet Thai), officially the Kingdom of Thailand (Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย, RTGS: Ratcha Anachak Thai; IPA: ( listen)), formerly known as Siam (Thai: สยาม; RTGS: Sayam), is a country at the centre of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India on the Andaman Sea to the southwest. Thailand is a monarchy headed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX and governed by a military junta that took power in May 2014. The king is the ninth of the House of Chakri, and has reigned since 1946 as the world's longest-serving current head of state and the country's longest-reigning monarch.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SIAM


Latam
ˈlætˈæm
pro-am
ˈprəʊˈæm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SIAM

Sialkot
sialogogic
sialogogue
sialogram
sialography
sialoid
sialolith
sialon
sialorrhoea
siamang
Siamese
Siamese cat
Siamese fighting fish
Siamese twins
Sian
Siang
Siangtan
sib
sibb
Sibelius

WORDS THAT END LIKE SIAM

Adam
am
Amsterdam
cam
cream
dam
dream
Fort William
Frederick William
Gulf of Siam
in memoriam
Islam
jam
Lariam
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Miriam
Nam
Priam
sweet william
William

Synonyms and antonyms of Siam in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Siam» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SIAM

Find out the translation of Siam to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Siam from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Siam» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

暹罗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Siam
570 millions of speakers

English

Siam
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सियाम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سيام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Siam
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Siam
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্যামদেশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Siam
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Siam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Siam
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シャム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시암
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Siam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Siam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சியாம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सयाम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Siyam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Siam
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Siam
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Siam
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Siam
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Siam
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Siam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Siam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Siam
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Siam

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SIAM»

The term «Siam» is very widely used and occupies the 12.629 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SIAM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Siam

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «SIAM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Siam.
1
Alexander Cockburn
Be careful about Burma. Most people cannot remember whether it was Siam and has become Thailand, or whether it is now part of Malaysia and should be called Sri Lanka.
2
Ian McKeever
I usually eat in my friend Tom Corcoran's place - the Siam Thai in Monkstown. I go there for a very large plate of beef in red wine sauce.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIAM»

Discover the use of Siam in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Siam and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-Body of a Nation
Siam Mapped demonstrates that the physical and political definition of Thailand on which other works are based is anachronistic.
Thongchai Winichakul, 1994
2
Anna and the King of Siam
Written more than fifty years ago, and translated into dozens of languages, Anna and the King of Siam (the inspiration for the magical play and film The King and I)continues to delight and enchant readers around the world.
Margaret Landon, 1999
3
Subject Siam: Family, Law, and Colonial Modernity in Thailand
Demonstrating the centrality of gender relations, law, and Siam's Malay Muslims to the history of modern Thailand, Subject Siam examines the structures and social history of jurisprudence to gain insight into Siam's unique position within ...
Tamara Lynn Loos, 2006
4
Siam Becomes Thailand: A Story of Intrigue
Just how the military came to play such a dominant role in Thai politics is the main theme of this book.
Judith A. Stowe, 1991
5
Five Emus to the King of Siam: Environment and Empire
This book considers these imperial 'exchanges¿ and charts some contemporary legacies of those inequitable imports and exports, transportations and transmutations.
Helen Tiffin, 2007
6
Siam
"Pierre Loti, the travel writer, describes with pictorial skill the journey from Saigon into the interior; first along the river Mekong, at the time in flood, then through the thick forest in the heart of which is buried the ruins of Angkor ...
Pierre Loti, 2002
7
Ten Lectures on Wavelets
Mathematics of Computing -- Miscellaneous.
Ingrid Daubechies, 1992
8
Spectral Methods in MATLAB
Mathematics of Computing -- Numerical Analysis.
Lloyd N. Trefethen, 2000
9
Spline Models for Observational Data
This book serves well as an introduction into the more theoretical aspects of the use of spline models.
Grace Wahba, 1990
10
Thai Cooking from the Siam Cuisine Restaurant
Tells how to prepare and garnish appetizers, noodle and rice dishes, soups and salads, meat and seafood dishes, and desserts from Thailand
Kwanruan Aksomboon, Somchai Aksomboon, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIAM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Siam is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Auto sales to remain subdued in near-term: SIAM
A report by SIAM reveals subdued overall sales growth of 1.5 percent in the automobile sector, which is expected to remain same in near term due to subdued ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 15»
2
Domestic Car Sales Rise Over 7% in May: SIAM
According to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), domestic passenger car sales in May this year stood at 1,60,067 units ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
3
Israel holds Jordanian-Canadian national for alleged Hamas links
The official, who could not be named, said Ibrahim Siam was detained on May 5 at the Allenby Bridge as he tried to cross into Jordan from the Israeli-occupied ... «Reuters, May 15»
4
Passenger car sales up 18 percent in April: SIAM
According to the data furnished by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the total passenger vehicle sales, which include cars, utility vehicles and ... «Business Standard, May 15»
5
Domestic car sales rise 2.64 per cent in March: SIAM data
Domestic car sales rise 2.64 per cent in March: SIAM data ... a year earlier, according to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). «Economic Times, Apr 15»
6
Holcim sells stake in Thailand's Siam City Cement for $681 million
VX said on Monday it had sold its 27.5 percent stake in Thailand's second-largest cement company Siam City Cement (SCCC.BK), in deals worth 655 million ... «Reuters, Mar 15»
7
Feb Car Sales Up 7%; Single Digit Growth in FY15: SIAM
New Delhi: Car sales in India grew by 6.85 per cent in February this year, reflecting improving consumer sentiments, prompting industry body SIAM to expect it to ... «NDTV, Mar 15»
8
Weekend attack linked to Bangkok mall bombing: police
Last month, Prayuth called the blasts outside of Siam Paragon an attempt to discredit the military government. Political temperatures have risen as the junta that ... «CTV News, Mar 15»
9
Auto body SIAM makes modest upgrade in FY15 growth outlook on …
The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) expects passenger vehicle sales to rise three to five per cent in 2014-15, up from its earlier projection of ... «Business Standard, Feb 15»
10
Explosion outside Siam Paragon
The BTS suspended services at the Siam Station at 8.10pm after the two bombs exploded under the sky path linking the mall and the Siam BTS station. «The Nation, Feb 15»

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