Chiang ( th, เชียง) is a Sino-Tai loanword, from Middle Chinese ''d͡ʑiᴇŋ'', meaning "fort, castle", by extension, “city”.
[{{Cite web, url=http://sealang.net/thai/chinese/middle.htm, title=Notes on Middle Chinese / Thai Loans and Cognates] Chiang is part of the names of certain ancient cities and other places located in an area stretching across Northern Thailand, Northern Laos, NE Burma and Southern China. The most important are:
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Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...
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Chiang Rai
Chiang Rai ( th, เชียงราย, ; nod, , เจียงฮาย, ) is the northernmost major city in Thailand, with a population of about 200,000 people. It is located in Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai Province. Chiang Rai ...
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Chiang Khong
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Chiang Saen Chiang Saen may refer to:
* Chiang Saen District, in Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand
* Chiang Saen, a capital of the ancient Lanna
The Lan Na Kingdom ( nod, , , "Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields"; th, อาณาจักรล้ ...
* Chiang Rung or Chiang Hung,
Jinghong
Jinghong (; khb, ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩁᩩ᩵ᨦ; th, เชียงรุ่ง, , ; lo, ຊຽງຮຸ່ງ; also formerly romanised as ''Chiang Hung'', ''Chengrung'', ''Cheng Hung'', Jeng Hung, ''Jinghung'', ''Keng Hung'', ''Kiang Hung'' and ' ...
in China
* Chiang Tung,
Kengtung
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in Shan State, Burma
* Chiang Thong,
Luang Prabang
Luang Phabang, ( Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ ຫຼວງພະບາງ) or ''Louangphabang'' (pronounced ), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ (ຣ = silent r) ...
in Laos
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Chiang Kham District
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Chiang Khan District
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Chiang Dao District
Chiang Dao ( th, เชียงดาว, ) is a district ('' amphoe'') of Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand. It is nicknamed "little Tuscany" and several wines are produced in the area.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the northe ...
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Chiang Khaeng a Lue principality
See also
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Mueang
Mueang ( th, เมือง ''mɯ̄ang'', ), Muang ( lo, ເມືອງ ''mɯ́ang'', ; Tai Nuea: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ''muang''), Mong ( shn, ''mə́ŋ'', ), Meng () or Mường (Vietnamese), were pre-modern semi-independent city-states or principali ...
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Wiang (disambiguation) ''Wiang'' is a Tai word for "fortified settlement" or "walled town, city" of Austroasiatic origin, from Proto-Austroasiatic ''*wa(a)ŋ''.Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. Entry 767. p. 233 This toponymic element ...
References
Types of populated places
Thai words and phrases
Lanna