"Chiang Mai" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /t͡ʃi.ɑːŋ ˈmaɪ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai เชียงใหม่ (Chiiang Mai), from เชียง (chiiang, “walled city”) + ใหม่ (mài, “new”). In reference to the kingdoms, from their capital. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|th|เชียงใหม่|tr=Chiiang Mai}} Thai เชียงใหม่ (Chiiang Mai), {{m|th|เชียง||walled city}} เชียง (chiiang, “walled city”), {{m|th|ใหม่||new}} ใหม่ (mài, “new”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Chiang Mai
  1. A province of Thailand. Categories (place): Chiang Mai province, Places in Thailand, Provinces of Thailand
    Sense id: en-Chiang_Mai-en-name-LVGY4MH2
  2. A city in Thailand. Categories (place): Cities in Thailand, Places in Thailand Translations (city in Thailand): ဇင်းမယ် (jang:mai) (Burmese), ချင်းမိုင် (hkyang:muing) (Burmese), 清邁 (Chinese Mandarin), 清迈 (Qīngmài) (Chinese Mandarin), Csiangmaj (Hungarian), Chiang Mai (Italian), チエンマイ (chienmai) (Japanese), 치앙마이 (chiangmai) (Korean), ຊຽງໃໝ່ (sīang mai) (Lao), Chengmay (Lashi), ᦵᦋᧂᦺᦖᧈ (tsengṁay¹) (), ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩉ᩠ᨾᩲ᩵ (chiang-mài) (Northern Thai), Chiang Mai [neuter] (Polish), Чиангма́й (Čiangmáj) [masculine] (Russian), ၵဵင်းမႆႇ (káeng mài) (Shan), เชียงใหม่ (chiiang-mài) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-Chiang_Mai-en-name-yjoVjetb Disambiguation of 'city in Thailand': 18 82 0 0 0
  3. (historical) Synonym of Lanna, a former kingdom. Tags: historical Synonyms: Lanna [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Chiang_Mai-en-name-vqymhatT Categories (other): Northern Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Northern Thai terms with redundant script codes: 7 7 38 7 41
  4. (historical) Synonym of Rattanatingsa, a former kingdom. Tags: historical Synonyms: Rattanatingsa [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Chiang_Mai-en-name-cyXrAmt1
  5. (geography, historical) Synonym of Chimay, an imaginary lake or marsh long thought to exist near Chiang Mai. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Geography, Fictional locations Synonyms: Chimay [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Chiang_Mai-en-name-HO1AGyR- Disambiguation of Fictional locations: 5 0 17 10 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Northern Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 14 13 73 Disambiguation of Northern Thai terms with redundant script codes: 7 7 38 7 41 Topics: geography, natural-sciences

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "káeng mài",
      "sense": "city in Thailand",
      "word": "ၵဵင်းမႆႇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chiiang-mài",
      "sense": "city in Thailand",
      "word": "เชียงใหม่"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Chiang Mai",
    "Chiang Mai province"
  ],
  "word": "Chiang Mai"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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