Definitions

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  • noun Plural form of Thai.
  • proper noun A female given name.

Etymologies

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From Thai ไทย (thai)

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From Ancient Greek, became known as the name of the mistress of Alexander the Great.

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Examples

  • If you read this website much, you know that Thais is my closest Health Teacher neighbor and one of my best friends here in Tanzania.

    Archive 2006-05-01 jen 2006

  • If you read this website much, you know that Thais is my closest Health Teacher neighbor and one of my best friends here in Tanzania.

    nakukumbuka, dada jen 2006

  • Thais is getting one of his littermates, and my mother is sending us some much-needed flea bath treatment.

    rats and puppies jen 2005

  • Thais is getting one of his littermates, and my mother is sending us some much-needed flea bath treatment.

    Archive 2005-09-01 jen 2005

  • The Thais still use the Chinese word for vegetarianism, simply pronounced "J".

    Matador Network 2009

  • My good friend Thais is flying out of Dar es Salaam tonight ... and isn’t coming back.

    nakukumbuka, dada jen 2006

  • My good friend Thais is flying out of Dar es Salaam tonight ... and isn’t coming back.

    Archive 2006-05-01 jen 2006

  • In the year 1250, the first kingdom of the people known as the Thais, was created at Sukhothai.

    Investment Opportunities in Thailand 1994

  • The Thais are the happiest and most industrious group I have observed in the Asian area and progress was rapid.

    Thud Ridge Broughton, Jack, 1925- 1969

  • It was a cruel _snouch_ in the Painter, a fine Girl having paid him seventy-five guineas for an hour's work, and being unable to pay for the other half of her portrait, to exhibit her with such a sarcastic allusion to her private life -- to call her Thais -- to put a torch in her hand, and direct her to set flames to the temple of Chastity.

    Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

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