Believed by most, the name Thailand actually means the land of Thai (ไทย) people, the biggest ethnic group in the area. However, the word, identically pronouced, "Tai" (ไท) is an adjective meaning "free". Therefore, Thailand, for some, also means "The Land of The Free.
Because through diplomacy the former Kings of Thailand managed to keep Thailand from being colonized by the superpowers then. France, Britain, Portugal, Netherlands were all in the land claiming days and all countries were taken except Thailand which remained free and independent.
Thai means free, as in independent.
It was once an uncolonised nation, unlike the other SE Asian countries.
Because in Thai the name means "land of the free".
This name will soon change to the (-) name.
In the native language of Thailand, Thai means free. So Thailand is roughly free land, or land of the free.
The currency in Thailand is called the 'Thai Baht' (pronounced 'bought' or 'bot')
The Republican motto was "free land, free labor, and free men."(Republican Party)
No, there are no deserts in Thailand.
Siam (called Thailand today)
In the native language of Thailand, Thai means free. So Thailand is roughly free land, or land of the free.
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Thailand is known as the Land of the Free or Land of Smiles.
The music of Thailand is CONSIDERED (not in-) free because in the Thai language, THAI means "Free". Thus "Free Land" = Thailand!
Thailand is develpoing country. It is called the land of smiles.
Thailand is develpoing country. It is called the land of smiles.
Japan is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun," while Thailand is known as the "Land of the Free."
"Muang" means land - so Muang Thailand means (rather confusingly) "Land of the land of the Tai", but no one would break down "Thailand" any more, so we can say simply "Land of the Kingdom of Thailand"
Land of the Tai. It is also often quoted as Land of the Free.
Thailand is known as "land of white elephant" because Thailand is the only Southeast Asian nation that has never been colonised by the europeans.
Thailand
The current name of the country is Thailand (เมืองไทย [muang thai] or ประเทศไทย [prated thai]), and has been since it was changed in the 1930s. Thai (ไทย) means "free". Formerly called Siam (the original name of Sukothai before the people there threw off the yoke of Khmer rule).