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TAI
Thai, Tai, Siamese
(adjective) of or relating to Thailand; “the Thai border with Laos”
Thai, Tai, Siamese
(adjective) of or relating to the languages of the Thai people; “Thai tones”
Thai, Tai, Siamese
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people; “Siamese kings”; “different Thai tribes live in the north”
Tai
(noun) the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of languages
Thai, Tai, Siamese
(noun) a native or inhabitant of Thailand
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Tai
A unisex given name.
A branch of the Tai-Kadai language family, including Thai, Lao, Shan, and Zhuang.
Noun
Tai (plural Tais or Tai)
A descendant of speakers of a common proto-Tai language, including subpopulations which no longer speak a Tai language.
Anagrams
• AIT, IAT, ITA, TIA, Tia, ait, ita, tia
Etymology
Noun
tai
A fish, the Japanese bream.
Anagrams
• AIT, IAT, ITA, TIA, Tia, ait, ita, tia
Noun
TAI
Trifluoromethylaminoindane, a psychoactive drug and serotonin releasing agent.
Technical analysis indicator.
Proper noun
TAI
IATA airport code for Ta'izz International Airport.
ICAO code for TACA International Airlines.
Transports AĂ©riens Intercontinentaux, a now defunct French airline.
Thai Airways International.
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Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc.
Anagrams
• AIT, IAT, ITA, TIA, Tia, ait, ita, tia
Source: Wiktionary
Tai, a.
Definition: Designating, or pertaining to, the chief linguistic stock of Indo-China, including the peoples of Siamese and Shan speech.
Tai, n.
Definition: A member of one of the tribes of the Tai stock.
The Tais first appeared in history in Yunnan, and from thence they migrated into Upper Burma. The earliest swarms appear to have entered that tract about two thousand years ago, and were small in number. Census of India, 1901.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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