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Where does “เชียงใหม่” come from?
เชียงใหม่ (Thai) comes from Northern Thai ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩉ᩠ᨾᩲ᩵, from Northern Thai ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦ, from Middle Chinese 城.
Ancestry of “เชียงใหม่”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Northern Thai
ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩉ᩠ᨾᩲ᩵
—
2
Northern Thai
ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦ
city
3
Middle Chinese
城
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Words derived from “เชียงใหม่”
清邁
Chimay
ချေဳၚ်မာဲ
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