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- From: yan@mercury.cs.uregina.ca (Yongfei Yan)
- Subject: Re: "Taiwan" and "Thailand"
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.210157.686263@sue.cc.uregina.ca>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 21:01:57 GMT
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- Organization: University of Regina, SK, Canada
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- In article <667.18.uupcb@pcs.sj.ca.us> paul.burnett@pcs.sj.ca.us (Paul Burnett) writes:
- >Is it just a coincidence, or is there some common linguistic root
- >connecting the "tai" in Taiwan" and the "thai" in "Thailand"?
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- The "tai" for Taiwan means "a dais, or a raised platform", while "Thai" for
- Thailand, according to Chinese translation, means "grand". I think they
- are all originated from Chinese, but I doubt that they have the same
- meaning or share a common linguistic root.
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- John Yan
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