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, an ...
, 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, Thaï ...
, 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 hagiogra ...
, 4th century repentant courtesan and saint of Roman Egypt
Modern world
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Thaís (footballer, born 1987)
Thaís Helena da Silva (born 19 June 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2, Série A2 club Ceará Sporting Club ...
Thaís Fidélis
Thaís Fidélis dos Santos (born July 23, 2001) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. She represented Brazil at the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where she placed fourth on the floor exercise.
Junior career ...
(born 2001), Brazilian artistic gymnast
* Thais Weiller, 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
Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engin ...
(born 1963), Brazilian doctor and researcher
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Thais Souza Wiggers
Thais Souza (born Florianópolis, 24 October 1985) is a Brazilian television presenter and model. She was a showgirl in the Italian satirical series '' Striscia la notizia''.
Biography
Career
Thais started her career in the fashion industry ...
(born 1985), Brazilian television presenter and model
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Thaís de Campos
Thaís de Campos (born November 7, 1963) is a Brazilian actress, producer, and film director.
Career
Her first job in TV was in the novel ''Elas por Elas'' (1982).
She then attended the novels ''Final Feliz'' (1983), ''Voltei pra Você'' (198 ...
(born 1956), Brazilian actress
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Thaís Melchior
Thaís de Souza Melchior Affonso (Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in B ...
(born 1990), Brazilian actress
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Thaís Pacholek
Thaís Felipe Pacholek (born December 20, 1983 in Curitiba, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress.Thaïs Blume (born 1984), Spanish actress
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Thaïs Henríquez
Thaïs Henríquez (born 29 October 1982) is a Spanish synchronized swimmer. She competed for Spain in the team event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning silver, and the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olym ...
(born 1982), Spanish synchronized swimmer
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Mayuka Thaïs
Mayuka Thaïs (born September 25, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, artist, voice over artist, art educator, and edutainer. She is known for her role as a bilingual singer and actress on the popular television program Shimajiro.
Early ...
(born 1979), American singer-songwriter, artist and actress
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Thais Blatnik
Thais F. O'Donnell Shuler Blatnik (November 20, 1919 – December 9, 2015) was an American journalist and politician who served in both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature.
Early life and education
Born in Wheeling, West Virginia, Bl ...
(1919–2015), American journalist and politician
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Thais Lawton
Thais Lawton (June 18, 1879 — December 18, 1956) was an American actress.
Early life
Eugenia (or Eugenie) Thais Lawton was raised and educated in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Joseph Eugene Lawton and Caroline Thais Magrane; her fath ...
(1879–1956), American actress
* Thais St. Julien (1945–2019), American soprano
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 ...
* ''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
* ''Thaïs'' (painting), a 1781 painting by Joshua Reynolds
* "Thaïs", two songs by This Mortal Coil from the 1986 album ''
Filigree & Shadow
''Filigree & Shadow'' is the second album released by 4AD collective This Mortal Coil, an umbrella title for a loose grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label boss Ivo Watts-Russell. The supergroup consists primarily o ...
''
*''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 Dumit ...
* Thais, a fictional city in the video games ''
Tibia
The tibia (; ), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects ...
'' (1997) and in '' Aveyond'' (2004)
* Thaïs Eulalia Kanellis, a character in the video game '' Black Closet''
1236 Thaïs
1236 Thaïs (Minor planet provisional designation, ''prov. designation'': ) is a dark background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt. The rare T-type asteroid has a notably long rotation period of 72 hours and measures approxima ...
, a main belt asteroid
* Thais (horse) (1893–1898), a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare
See also
*
Thai (disambiguation)
Thai or THAI may refer to:
* Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia
** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand
** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand
*** Thai script
*** Thai (Unicode bloc ...