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Tai

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Noun

1. siamese, tai, thai

a native or inhabitant of Thailand

2. tai

the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of languages

Adjective

3. siamese, tai, thai

of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people

Example Sentences:
'Siamese kings'
'different Thai tribes live in the north'

4. siamese, tai, thai

of or relating to the languages of the Thai people

Example Sentences:
'Thai tones'

5. siamese, tai, thai

of or relating to Thailand

Example Sentences:
'the Thai border with Laos'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tai

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adjective, noun
a variant spelling of Thai
abbreviation for
International Atomic Time

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Tai

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noun
1. 
a. 
a subbranch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, including Tai, Thai, Lao, and Shan
b. 
a member of any of the Southeast Asian peoples speaking these languages
2. 
a. 
a member of a people of N Vietnam that speaks a Tai language
b. 
the language of this people
adjective
3. 
of these peoples or their languages or cultures

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tai

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n. pl. Tai or Tais
1. A subfamily of Tai-Kadai languages spoken in southeast Asia and southern China that includes Thai, Lao, and Shan.
2. A member of any of the Tai-speaking peoples of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, China, and Vietnam.
adj.
Of or relating to Tai, its speakers, or their culture.
A lake of east-central China west of Shanghai. Its basin is one of China's richest agricultural areas.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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