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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tai  \Tai\,  a. 
  Designating,  or  pertaining  to  the  chief  linguistic  stock  of 
  Indo-China,  including  the  peoples  of  Siamese  and  Shan  speech. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tai  \Tai\,  n. 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Tai 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  or  characteristic  of  Thailand  of  its 
  people;  "Siamese  kings";  "the  Thai  border  with  Laos" 
  [syn:  {Siamese},  {Thai},  {Tai}] 
  2:  of  or  relating  to  the  languages  of  the  Thai  people;  "Thai 
  tones"  [syn:  {Siamese},  {Thai},  {Tai}] 
  3:  of  or  relating  to  Thailand  or  its  peoples  or  languages  or 
  culture;  "Siamese  kings";  "Different  Thai  tribes  live  in 
  the  North  of  the  country";  "the  Thai  border  with  Laos" 
  [syn:  {Siamese},  {Thai},  {Tai},  {Siamese}] 
  n  1:  a  native  or  inhabitant  of  Thailand  [syn:  {Thai},  {Tai},  {Siamese}] 
  2:  the  most  widespread  and  best  known  of  the  Kadai  family  of 
  languages  [syn:  {Tai}] 




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