Siamese describes something of or related to Siam (now called
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
), or more specifically the region of
Central Thailand
Central Thailand (Central Plain) (historically also known as Siam or 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 the Phetchabun Mount ...
, usually including
Southern Thailand.
Siamese may refer to:
Animals
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Siamese cat, a domestic cat breed
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Siamese crocodile, a species of crocodile
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Siamese mud carp, a species of freshwater fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae
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Siamese algae eater, a species of freshwater fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae
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Siamese fighting fish, a species of fish from genus ''Betta''
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Siamese fireback, ''Lophura diardi'', the national bird of Thailand
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Siamese tigerfish, a species of fish from genus ''Datnioides'', tiger perch
Other uses
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Conjoined twins
Conjoined twins, popularly referred to as Siamese twins, are twins joined '' in utero''. It is a very rare phenomenon, estimated to occur in anywhere between one in 50,000 births to one in 200,000 births, with a somewhat higher incidence in south ...
or Siamese twins, identical twins joined in utero
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Chang and Eng Bunker
Chang Bunker (จัน บังเกอร์) and Eng Bunker (อิน บังเกอร์) (May 11, 1811 – January 17, 1874) were Siamese (Thai)-American conjoined twins, conjoined twin brothers whose fame propelled the expression " ...
, The "Siamese Twins", Siamese-American conjoined twin brothers from whom the term derives
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Siamese (band), formerly Siamese Fighting Fish, Danish rock and metal band
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Siamese connection or a splitter in fire protection engineering
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Siamese method, 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.
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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 in Southern Thailand (Known in Southern Thai as ''Leang Ka Luang'' ()).
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Southern Thai language, or Southern Siamese language, or
Tambralinga language, language of Southern Thailand first language of most people in Southern Thailand
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Thai people
Thai people, historically known as Siamese people, are an ethnic group native to Thailand. In a narrower and ethnic sense, the Thais are also a Tai peoples, Tai ethnic group dominant in Central Thailand, Central and Southern Thailand (Siam prope ...
, Siamese people, Central/Southern Thai people or Thai noi people, an ethnic group from Central Thailand and Southern Thailand
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Khorat Thai, ethnic groups in
Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
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Malaysian Siamese, ethnic groups in Northern
Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia, historically known as Malaya and also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, is the western part of Malaysia that comprises the southern part of the Malay Peninsula on Mainland Southeast Asia and the list of isla ...
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** , ethnic groups in Koh Kong.
** , Thai minority in Tanintharyi.
** , Bamar with Thai ancestry in Central Myanmar.
See also
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Siamese twins (disambiguation)
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Siam (disambiguation)
Siam is the former name of Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a po ...
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Thai (disambiguation)
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