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KINGDOM OF THAILAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula
Example:
Thailand is the official name of the former Siam
Synonyms:
Kingdom of Thailand; Siam; Thailand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Kingdom of Thailand"):
Bangkok; capital of Thailand; Krung Thep (the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture)
Chao Phraya (a river in Thailand formed by the confluence of the Nan and Ping Rivers; flows southward past Bangkok and empties into the Gulf of Thailand)
Mekong; Mekong River (an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea)
Nan; Nan River (a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya)
Ping; Ping River (a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya)
Meronyms (members of "Kingdom of Thailand"):
Siamese; Tai; Thai (a native or inhabitant of Thailand)
Domain member region:
Sino-Tibetan; Sino-Tibetan language (the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia)
Holonyms ("Kingdom of Thailand" is a part of...):
Indochina; Indochinese peninsula (a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam)
Malay Peninsula (a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar)
Holonyms ("Kingdom of Thailand" is a member of...):
ASEAN; Association of Southeast Asian Nations (an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism)
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