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Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare loanwords in neighbouring languages: 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, Chinese.

Noun

 * 1)  city-state.
 * 2)  fortified polity.
 * 3) any polity, as district, town, city, state, nation, etc.
 * 4) region, sphere, or domain within which someone or something occurs, prevails, or dominates.
 * 5) urban area.
 * 6) civilised polity; modernised polity.

Synonyms

 * See.

Usage notes

 * First attested in a report dated 2427 BE (1884/85 CE) submitted to the Siamese government by Prince following the annexation of, which now forms Northern Thailand.
 * Originally used by the Siamese officials to refer derogatorily to the annexed Lan Na and its local people.