Thailandia
/taiˈlandja/noun
The Italian name for Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia.
Did you know?The popular idea that Thai literally means “free” reflects a meaningful Thai wordplay, but the country’s name is primarily an ethnonym combined with “land,” not an occult phrase.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient ethnonym
Tai languages
Tai
“Name used for Tai-speaking peoples; its deeper origin is debated.”
13th–14th Century
Thai
ไทย (Thai)
“The Thai ethnonym; the same form is also associated in Thai with the word meaning “free.””
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*landą
“Land, ground, or territory.”
19th Century
English
Thailand
“Modern country name formed from Thai plus land.”
Modern Italian
Italian
Thailandia
“Italian form of the country name Thailand, using the Romance geographic suffix -ia.”