English Explanatory Dictionary

Chiang Mai

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province of Thailand.
  2. The capital city of Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.
  3. Synonym of Lanna, a former kingdom.
  4. Synonym of Rattanatingsa, a former kingdom.
  5. Synonym of Chimay, an imaginary lake or marsh long thought to exist near Chiang Mai.

Pronunciation

/t͡ʃi.ɑːŋ ˈmaɪ/

Word forms

Chiang Mai

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai เชียงใหม่ (Chiiang Mai), from เชียง (chiiang, “walled city”) + ใหม่ (mài, “new”). In reference to the kingdoms, from their capital.

Synonyms

Lanna Rattanatingsa Chimay

Translations

Burmese: ဇင်းမယ် Burmese: ချင်းမိုင် Chinese Mandarin: 清邁 /清迈 Greek: Τσιάνγκ Μάι Hungarian: Csiangmaj Italian: Chiang Mai Japanese: チエンマイ Korean: 치앙마이 Lao: ຊຽງໃໝ່ Lü: ᦵᦋᧂᦺᦖᧈ Polish: Chiang Mai Russian: Чиангма́й Shan: ၵဵင်းမႆႇ Thai: เชียงใหม่ Northern Thai: ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩉ᩠ᨾᩲ᩵
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