Siamese describes something of or related to Siam (now called

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

), or more specifically the region of

Central Thailand Central Thailand (Central plain) or more specifically Siam (also known as Suvarnabhumi and Dvaravati) is one of the regions of Thailand, covering the broad alluvial plain of the Chao Phraya River. It is separated from northeast Thailand (Isan) by ...

, usually including Southern Thailand. Siamese may refer to:

Animals

* Siamese cat, a domestic cat breed *

Siamese crocodile The Siamese crocodile (''Crocodylus siamensis'') is a medium-sized freshwater crocodile native to Indonesia (Borneo and possibly Java), Brunei, East Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The species is critically endangered an ...

, a species of crocodile *

Siamese mud carp The Siamese mud carp (''Henicorhynchus siamensis'') is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish, a variety of Asian carp native to the Mekong and Chao Phraya Rivers in Southeast Asia, especially in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. It is very common ...

, a species of freshwater fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae * Siamese algae eater, a species of freshwater fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae * Siamese fighting fish, a species of fish from genus ''Betta'' * Siamese fireback, ''Lophura diardi'', the national bird of Thailand *

Siamese tigerfish The Siamese tigerfish (''Datnioides pulcher''), also known as the Siamese tiger perch, is a critically endangered Asian fish native to the Chao Phraya, Mae Klong and Mekong basins. It has vertical yellow and black stripes running the length of i ...

, a species of fish from genus ''Datnioides'', tiger perch

Other uses

* Conjoined twins or Siamese twins, identical twins joined in utero ** Chang and Eng Bunker, The "Siamese Twins", Siamese-American conjoined twin brothers from whom the term derives *

Siamese (band) Siamese (initially named Siamese Fighting Fish also known as SIFIFI) is a Danish rock and metal band. They are signed to Warner Music USA, Avalon Label in Japan and Prime Collective EU. They released their debut critically acclaimed album ''We ...

, formerly Siamese Fighting Fish, Danish rock and metal band *

Siamese connection A siamese connection or splitter in fire protection engineering is a pipe fitting that allows two or more fire hoses to be connected to a single standpipe riser at the same general location. It is so-called due to the visual similarity to siames ...

or a splitter in fire protection engineering *

Siamese method The Siamese method, or De la Loubère method, is a simple method to construct any size of ''n''-odd magic squares (i.e. number squares in which the sums of all rows, columns and diagonals are identical). The method was brought to France in 1688 by ...

, a mathematical method described by Simon de la Loubère * Sukhothai language, a kind of Thai topolect, by the end of the 18th century, they gradually diverged into regional variants, which subsequently developed into the modern Central Thai and Southern Thai. ** Central Thai language or Siamese language, the sole official language of Thailand and first language of most people in Central Thailand and include

Thai Chinese Thai Chinese (also known as Chinese Thais, Sino-Thais), Thais of Chinese origin ( th, ชาวไทยเชื้อสายจีน; ''exonym and also domestically''), endonym Thai people ( th, ชาวไทย), are Chinese descenda ...

in Southern Thailand. **

Southern Thai language Southern Thai ( ), also known as Dambro ( ), Pak Tai (), or "Southern language" (), is a Southwestern Tai ethnolinguistic identity and language spoken in southern Thailand as well as by small communities in the northernmost Malaysian states. It ...

, or Southern Siamese language, or Tambralinga language, language of Southern Thailand first language of most people in Southern Thailand *

Thai people Thai people ( th, ชาวไทย; ''endonym''), Central Thai people ( th, คนภาคกลาง, sou, คนใต้, ตามโพร; ''exonym and also domestically'') or Siamese ( th, ชาวสยาม; ''historical exonym and ...

, Siamese people, Central/Southern Thai people or Thai noi people, an ethnic group from Central Thailand and Southern Thailand **

Khorat Thai Khorat Thai, Korat Thai, Thai Korat or Thai Khorat ( th, ไทโคราช; ) refers to an ethnic group named for their main settlement area in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, unofficially called "Korat". Korat Thai people call themselves Thai Bo ...

, ethnic groups in Nakhon Ratchasima Province. ** Malaysian Siamese, ethnic groups in Northern

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...

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