暹羅

		Siam	to collect; to gather; to catch to collect; to gather; to catch; to shift; gauze
trad. (暹羅)		暹	羅
simp. (暹罗)		暹	罗
alternative forms		暹邏／暹逻

Short for 暹羅斛／暹罗斛 (as recorded in the History of Ming), which was a combined name for two states in modern-day Thailand:

• 暹 (Xiān) is derived from 暹 (MC sjem), referring to the kingdom of Siam, likely the kingdom of Suvarnabhumi; and
• 羅斛／罗斛, the kingdom of Lavo (now called Lopburi).

The two kingdoms merged in the mid-14^th century to become the Ayutthaya Kingdom, and the combined Chinese name 暹羅 remained in use to refer to subsequent Thai kingdoms.

暹羅

1. (historical) Siam (old name for Thailand)

   • 並且日本還想佔領菲律賓、暹羅、越南、馬來半島和荷屬東印度，把外國和中國切開，獨佔西南太平洋。 [MSC, trad.]
     并且日本还想占领菲律宾、暹罗、越南、马来半岛和荷属东印度，把外国和中国切开，独占西南太平洋。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Bìngqiě Rìběn hái xiǎng zhànlǐng Fēilǜbīn, Xiānluó, Yuènán, Mǎlái Bàndǎo hé Héshǔ Dōng Yìndù, bǎ wàiguó hé Zhōngguó qiēkāi, dúzhàn xīnán Tàipíngyáng. [Pinyin]

     Moreover, Japan wants to occupy the Philippines, Siam, Indo-China, the Malay Peninsula and the Dutch East Indies in order to cut off other countries from China and monopolize the southwestern Pacific.

Still used by some ethnic Chinese in Thailand to refer to modern-day Thailand.

Kanji in this term
暹	羅
Hyōgai	Grade: S
irregular

• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠mɯ̟]

暹羅(しゃむ) or 暹羅(シャム) • (Shamu) 

1. Obsolete spelling of シャム (“Siam”).^[1][2][3][4]
   • 1903, 巖谷小波, 洋行土產, volume 2, 博文館, page 271:

     此(この)間(あひだ)日(に)本(ほん)へも御(ご)來(らい)遊(いう)のあつた、暹羅(シヤム)の皇(くわう)太(たい)子(し)殿(でん)下(か)が、伯林(ベルリン)市(し)を見(み)舞(ま)はれたのは、たしか去(きよ)年(ねん)の五(ご)月(ぐわつ)頃(ごろ)であつた。

     Kono aida Nihon e mo go-raiyū no atta, Shamu no kōtaishi-denka ga, Berurin-shi o mimawareta no wa, tashika kyonen no go-gatsu-goro de atta.

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   • 1916, 來馬琢道, 南國順禮記, 平和書院, page 2:

     而(しか)して、最(もつと)も尊(そん)敬(けい)すべき釋(しやく)尊(そん)の御(お)舍(しや)利(り)は、世(せ)界(かい)唯(ゆゐ)一(いつ)の佛(ぶつ)敎(けう)國(こく)たる暹羅(しやむ)國(こく)の皇(くわう)帝(てい)陛(へい)下(か)へ寄(き)贈(そう)されたのである

     shikashite, mottomo sonkei-su-beki shakuson no o-shari wa, sekai yuiitsu no bukkyō-koku-taru Shamu-koku no kōtei-heika e kisō-sareta no de aru

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Kanji in this term
暹	羅
しゃむ Hyōgai	ろ Grade: S
irregular

Ateji (当て字), from Chinese 暹羅／暹罗 (Xiānluó).

• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠mɯ̟ɾo̞]

暹(しゃむ)羅(ろ) or 暹羅(シャムロ) • (Shamuro) 

1. (history) Synonym of シャム (Shamu, “Siam”)^[1][2][3][4]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
暹	羅

暹羅

1. chữ Hán form of Xiêm La (“Siam”).