Thais can be the plural of ''Thai'' and refer to:
* The
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 ...
, the main ethnic group of Thailand
* The Thai peoples or
Tai peoples
Tai peoples are the populations who speak (or formerly spoke) the Tai languages. There are a total of about 93 million people of Tai ancestry worldwide, with the largest ethnic groups being Dai, Thais, Isan, Tai Yai (Shan), Lao, Tai Ahom, ...
, the ethnic groups of southern China and Southeast Asia
In the singular, Thais may refer to:
People
Ancient world
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Thaïs
Thaïs or Thais ( el, Θαΐς; flourished 4th century BC) was a famous Greek ''hetaira'' who accompanied Alexander the Great on his campaigns. Likely from Athens, she is most famous for instigating the burning of Persepolis. At the time, Tha� ...
, a celebrated hetaira during the era of Alexander (356-323BCE)
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Thaïs (saint)
St. Thaïs of fourth-century Roman Alexandria and of the Egyptian desert was a repentant courtesan.
Hagiography, biography Ancient writings
St. Thaïs reportedly lived during the fourth century in Roman Egypt. Her story is included in hagiograp ...
, 4th century repentant courtesan and saint of Roman Egypt
Modern world
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Thaís (footballer, born 1987), Brazilian footballer
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Thaís (footballer, born 1996), Brazilian footballer
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Thaisinha (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
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Thaís Picarte (born 1982), Brazilian football goalkeeper
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Thaís Fidélis (born 2001), Brazilian artistic gymnast
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Thais Weiller
Thais Weiller is a Brazilian game designer and producer. Together with Danilo Dias she co-founded JoyMasher and released '' Oniken'', '' Odallus'', Blazing Chrome and ''Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider''.
She has also created ''Rainy Day'', a game ...
, Brazilian game designer and producer
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Thais Russomano
Thais Russomano (born 25 September 1963) is a Brazilian doctor and scientific researcher specialising in space medicine, space physiology, biomedical engineering, telemedicine and telehealth. She founded the Microgravity Centre (MicroG) at PUCR ...
(born 1963), Brazilian doctor and researcher
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Thais Souza Wiggers (born 1985), Brazilian television presenter and model
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Thaís de Campos (born 1956), Brazilian actress
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Thaís Melchior (born 1990), Brazilian actress
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Thaís Pacholek (born 1983), Brazilian actress
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Thaïs Blume (born 1984), Spanish actress
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Thaïs Henríquez (born 1982), Spanish synchronized swimmer
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Mayuka Thaïs (born 1979), American singer-songwriter, artist and actress
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Thais Blatnik (1919–2015), American journalist and politician
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Thais Lawton (1879–1956), American actress
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Thais St. Julien
Thaïs St. Julien (June 11, 1945 – January 3, 2019) was a soprano from New Orleans. She studied under Charles Paddock, Virginia MacWatters and Norma Newton, and was Co-Director (with Milton G. Scheuermann, Jr) of the New Orleans Musica da ...
(1945–2019), American soprano
Arts and entertainment
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''Thaïs'' (opera), an 1894 opera by Jules Massenet
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''Thais'' (1917 American film), produced by Sam Goldwyn
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''Thaïs'' (1917 Italian film), directed by Anton Giulio Bragaglia
* ''Thais'', a play by
Menander
Menander (; grc-gre, Μένανδρος ''Menandros''; c. 342/41 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek dramatist and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. He wrote 108 comedies and took the prize at the Lenaia festival eight times. His rec ...
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''Thaïs'' (novel), an 1890 novel by Anatole France
* The title character of ''
Thais of Athens
''Thais of Athens'' () is a historical novel by Ivan Efremov written in 1972. It tells the story of the famous hetaera Thaïs, who was one of Alexander the Great's contemporaries and companions on his conquest of the ''oikoumene'' or the known w ...
'', a 1972 historical novel by Ivan Efremov
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''Thaïs'' (painting), a 1781 painting by Joshua Reynolds
* "Thaïs", two songs by This Mortal Coil from the 1986 album ''
Filigree & Shadow''
*''Thaïs'', an Art Deco sculpture by
Demétre Chiparus
Demétre Haralamb Chiparus (16 September 1886 – 22 January 1947) was a Romanian Art Deco era sculptor who lived and worked in Paris, France. He was one of the most important sculptors of the Art Deco era.
Life
Demétre Chiparus, born as Dum ...
* Thais, a fictional city in the video games ''
Tibia'' (1997) and in ''
Aveyond'' (2004)
* Thaïs Eulalia Kanellis, a character in the video game ''
Black Closet
''Black Closet'' is a mystery visual novel, strategy RPG and life simulation game developed and published by Hanako Games and released on September 16, 2015 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux on the digital distribution service Steam.
The game was ...
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Other uses
* , two Royal Navy ships
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''Thais'' (gastropod), a genus of gastropod mollusc
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1236 Thaïs, a main belt asteroid
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Thais (horse) (1893–1898), a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare
See also
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Thai (disambiguation)
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