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Chiengmai

(Encyclopedia) Chiengmai: see Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Nakhon Ratchasima

(Encyclopedia) Nakhon RatchasimaNakhon Ratchasimanäˈkôn rächäˈsĭmäˌ [key] or KoratKoratkōrätˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 204,121), capital of Nakhon Ratchasima prov., S central Thailand, on the Mun River…

Siam, Gulf of

(Encyclopedia) Siam, Gulf of: see Thailand, Gulf of.

Menam

(Encyclopedia) Menam or Menam Chao Phraya, river, Thailand: see Chao Phraya.

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

(Encyclopedia) Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), alliance organized (1954) under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty by representatives of Australia, France, Great Britain, New…

Southeast Asia

(Encyclopedia) Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the…

Bilauktaung

(Encyclopedia) BilauktaungBilauktaungbēloukˈtoun [key], mountain range, extending c.250 mi (400 km) along the Thailand-Myanamar border from the Dawna Range SE to the Isthmus of Kra. The western…

Thai language

(Encyclopedia) Thai languageThai languagetī [key], formerly Siamese, member of the Tai or Thai subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (see Sino-Tibetan languages). The official language of…

Bhumibol Adulyadej

(Encyclopedia) Bhumibol AdulyadejBhumibol Adulyadejp&oomacr;ˈmēpôlˌ äd&oobreve;lˈyädĕtˌ [key], 1927–2016, king of Thailand (1946–2016), b. Cambridge, Mass. A member of the Chakri dynasty, he…