Geographical Nomenclature in Siam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4489679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen L Smith (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1946 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 264 |
| Publication date | 1946-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/210879 |
| OpenAlex | W2312586340 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
W A HEN once they are understood, foreign geographical names are as meaningful as those of our own country and as informative in the light they shed on a people and its culture.' This study of names in Siam may well begin with that of the country itself For more than four centuries the country has been known to outsiders as Siam. This is a foreign designation; in fact, its origin is unknown to the Thais. The country became known in Europe about 151I, through the Portuguese conqueror of India, Alphonso d'Albuquerque, who had sailed as far as the Malay Peninsula, taken the port of Malacca, and sent an envoy northward into the land of the Thai. Some writers believe that the name Siam originates from the Malay word meaning brown. However, Chinese records show that the word Sian-lo was used interchangeably for the people and the nation centuries before the visit of the Portuguese sailors.2 The words Sian and Siam are written in the same Chinese characters
Biology · Genealogy · Geography · Nomenclature · Taxonomy (biology · Zoology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · History · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |