Chiang ( th, เชียง) is a Sino-Tai loanword, from Middle Chinese ''d͡ʑiᴇŋ'', meaning "fort, castle", by extension, “city”.
[{{Cite web, url=http://sealang.net/thai/chinese/middle.htm, title=Notes on Middle Chinese / Thai Loans and Cognates] Chiang is part of the names of certain ancient cities and other places located in an area stretching across Northern Thailand, Northern Laos, NE Burma and Southern China. The most important are:
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Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city i ...
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Chiang Rai
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Chiang Khong
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Chiang Saen
* Chiang Rung or Chiang Hung,
Jinghong in China
* Chiang Tung,
Kengtung in Shan State, Burma
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Luang Prabang
Luang Phabang, ( Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ ຫຼວງພະບາງ) or ''Louangphabang'' (pronounced ), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ (ຣ = silent r ...
in Laos
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Chiang Kham District
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Chiang Khan District
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Chiang Dao District
Chiang Dao ( th, เชียงดาว, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand. It is nicknamed "little Tuscany" and several wines are produced in the area.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the northea ...
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Chiang Khaeng
Kengcheng or Keng Cheng (also known as Kyaingchaing and Chiang Khaeng) was one of the Shan states. In 1896, part of Keng Cheng was incorporated into the neighbouring state of Kengtung in what is today Burma, and the other part, which is now in La ...
a Lue principality
See also
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Mueang
Mueang ( th, เมือง ''mɯ̄ang'', ), Muang ( lo, ເມືອງ ''mɯ́ang'', ; Tai Nuea: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ''muang''), Mong ( shn, ''mə́ŋ'', ), Meng () or Mường (Vietnamese), were pre-modern semi-independent city-states or principa ...
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Wiang (disambiguation)
References
Types of populated places
Thai words and phrases
Lanna