''Wiang'' is a

Tai Tai or TAI may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tai (comics) a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain *Tai Fraiser, a fictional character in the 1995 film ''Clueless'' *Tai Kamiya, a fictional character in ''Digimon'' Businesses and organisations ...

word for "fortified settlement" or "walled town, city" of Austroasiatic origin, from

Proto-Austroasiatic Proto-Austroasiatic is the reconstructed ancestor of the Austroasiatic languages. Proto-Mon–Khmer (i.e., all Austroasiatic branches except for Munda) has been reconstructed in Harry L. Shorto's ''Mon–Khmer Comparative Dictionary'', while ...

''*wa(a)ŋ''.Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. Entry 767. p. 233 This toponymic element forms part of the names of certain ancient inhabited places located in an area stretching across Northern Thailand and Laos: *

Wiang Chan Vientiane ( , ; lo, ວຽງຈັນ, ''Viangchan'', ) is the capital and largest city of Laos. Vientiane is divided administratively into 9 cities with a total area of only approx. 3,920 square kilometres and is located on the banks of t ...

, Vientiane ( lo, ວຽງຈັນ, ''Viang chan''), the capital of Laos * Wiang, Fang, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand * Wiang Kaen, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand * Wiang, Phrao, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand * Wiang, Mueang Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand *

Wiang, Chiang Khong Wiang, Chiang Khong ( th, เวียง) is a ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Chiang Khong District, in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in ...

, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand * Wiang, Thoeng, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand * Wiang, Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand *

Wiang Pa Pao District Wiang Pa Pao (; ) is the southwesternmost district ('' amphoe'') of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Mae Suai and Phan of Chiang Rai Province; Wang Nuea and Mueang Pan ...

, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand ** Wiang, Wiang Pa Pao ** Wiang Kalong * Wiang, Phayao, Phayao Province, Thailand * Wiang Nuea, Mueang Lampang **

Wiang Nuea Subdistrict, Lampang Wiang Nuea, Mueang Lampang ( th, ?) is a village and ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Mueang Lampang District, in Lampang Province, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in ...

* Wiang Nuea, Pai * Wiang Nuea, Mae Hong Son *

Wiang Chai District Wiang Chai ( th, เวียงชัย; ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the central part of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Mueang Chiang Rai, Wiang Chiang Rung, Phay ...

, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand ** Wiang Chai Subdistrict **

Wiang Nuea, Wiang Chai Wiang Nuea, Chiang Rai ( th, เวียงเหนือ) is a village and ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Wiang Chai District, in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of ...

Wiang Kao District Wiang Kao ( th, เวียงเก่า, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Khon Kaen province, northeastern Thailand. History The major district (''king amphoe'') was created by splitting three ''tambons'' from Phu Wiang district. Its creatio ...

, Khon Kaen Province * Wiang Sa District, Nan *

Wiang Haeng District Wiang Haeng ( th, เวียงแหง, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the northern part of Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand. History The area of ''tambon'' Wiang was very far from Chiang Dao district center. The government separated ' ...

, Chiang Mai Province * Wiang Chiang Rung District *

Wiang Yong Wiang Yong ( th, เวียงยอง, ) is a village and ''tambon'' (sub-district) of Mueang Lamphun District, in Lamphun Province, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a ...

, Mueang Lamphun District *

Wiang Tai Wiang Tai ( th, เวียงใต้) is a village and ''tambon'' (sub-district) of Pai District, in Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country i ...

, Pai District, Mae Hong Son Province *

Wiang Hao Wiang Hao ( th, เวียงห้าว) is a village and ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Phan District, in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country ...

, Phan District, in Chiang Rai Province *

Wiang Nong Long District Wiang Nong Long ( th, เวียงหนองล่อง, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Lamphun province, northern Thailand. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') was split off from Pa Sang district becoming effective on 1 April 199 ...

, Lamphun Province *

Wiang Phang Kham Wiang Phang Kham ( th, เวียงพางคำ) is a subdistrict (''tambon'') of Mae Sai District, in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. In 2012 it had a population of 20,252 people. Administration The subdistrict is divided into 10 administ ...

, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai Province *

Phu Wiang District Phu Wiang (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the northwestern part of Khon Kaen province, northeastern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise): Ubolratana, Nong Ruea, Chum Phae, Wiang Kao, Nong Na Kham o ...

, Khon Kaen Province * Rop Wiang, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand *

Wiang Kum Kam Wiang Kum Kam ( th, เวียงกุมกาม; nod, ᩅ᩠ᨿᨦᨠᩩᨾᨠᩣ᩠ᨾ) is an historic settlement and archaeological site along the Ping River, which was built by King Mangrai the Great as his capital before he moved it to C ...

, Saraphi District, Chiang Mai Province. Recently restored settlement along the Ping River, which was built by King Mangrai as his capital before he moved it to Chiang Mai * Wiang Fa Ya, name of the old settlement of Muang Sing, Laos * Wiang Suan Dok, name of a walled settlement of the

Lawa people Lawa ( th, ลัวะ or ; ) are an ethnic group in northern Thailand. The Lawa language is related to the Blang and the Wa language found in China and Burma, and belongs to the Palaungic languages, a branch of the Austroasiatic languages. Thei ...

older than Chiang Mai *

Wiang Nophaburi 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 ...

, name of the place where king Mangrai founded his new city of Chiang Mai

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