Thai Submitted Place Names

Saembia แซมเบีย (Country) Thai
Thai form of Zambia.

Saipras ไซปรัส (Country) Thai
Thai form of Cyprus.

Saipras ไซปรัส (Island & Country) Bengali, Hindi, Thai
Bengali, Hindi and Thai form of Cyprus.

Sa Kaeo สระแก้ว (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai
Means "crystal pond" from Thai สระ (sa) meaning "pond, pool" and แก้ว (kaeo) meaning "crystal, glass". This is the name of a province of, as well as a town in, Thailand.

Sakotlaen สกอตแลนด์ (Country) Thai
Thai form of Scotland.

Sakrep ซาเกร็บ (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Zagreb.

Salowakia สโลวาเกีย (Country) Thai
Thai form of Slovakia.

Salowinia สโลวีเนีย (Country) Thai
Thai form of Slovenia.

Samua ซามัว (Country) Thai
Thai form of Samoa.

Sana ซานา (Settlement) Albanian, Amharic, Belarusian, Bengali, Chinese, Croatian, Georgian, Hindi, Icelandic, Japanese, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Form of Sanaa used in numerous languages. It can also be an alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji サナア (see Sanā).

Sanmarino ซานมารีโน (Country & Settlement) Korean, Thai
Korean and Thai form of San Marino.

Sapen สเปน (Country) Thai
Thai form of Spain.

Sarayewo ซาราเยโว (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Sarajevo.

Satharanarat Dominikan สาธารณรัฐโดมินิกัน (Country) Thai
Thai calque of Dominican Republic.

Satokhom สต็อกโฮล์ม (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Stockholm.

Satun สตูล (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai
Derived from Malay sentul meaning "santol" (a type of tropical fruit). This is the name of a province and city in Thailand.

Saudiarabia ซาอุดีอาระเบีย (Country) Korean, Thai
Korean and Thai form of Saudi Arabia.

Sawiden สวีเดน (Country) Thai
Thai form of Sweden.

Sawitsoelaen สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ (Country) Thai
Thai form of Switzerland.

Sayam สยาม (Country) Thai, Bengali
Thai and Bengali form of Siam.

Sebu เซบู (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Serbian, Russian, Thai, Ukrainian
Form of Cebu used in various languages.

Senekal เซเนกัล (Country) Thai
Thai form of Senegal.

Senluchia เซนต์ลูเชีย (Country) Thai
Thai form of Saint Lucia.

Sianghai เซี่ยงไฮ้ (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Shanghai.

Siaralion เซียร์ราลีโอน (Country) Thai
Thai form of Sierra Leone.

Si Chayawatthanapura Kotte ศรีชยวรรธนปุระโกฏเฏ (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.

Silangka ศรีลังกา (Country) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Sri Lanka.

Simbapwe ซิมบับเว (Country) Thai
Thai form of Zimbabwe.

Sing Buri สิงห์บุรี (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai
Means "lion city" from Thai สิงห์ (sing) meaning "lion" and บุรี (buri) meaning "city, town". This is the name of a province of, as well as a district and town in, Thailand.

Singkhapo สิงคโปร์ (Country, Settlement & Island) Thai
Thai form of Singapore.

Sipsongpanna สิบสองปันนา (Political Subdivision) Tai Lue, Thai
Tai Lue and Thai form of Xishuangbanna.

Sitni ซิดนีย์ (Settlement) Khmer, Thai
Khmer and Thai form of Sydney.

Siwichai ศรีวิชัย (Country) Thai
Thai form of Srivijaya.

Soebia เซอร์เบีย (Country) Thai
Thai form of Serbia.

Sofia โซเฟีย (Settlement) English, Afrikaans, Armenian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai
From Bulgarian София (Sofiya) named for the Saint Sophia Church, itself derived from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophia) meaning "wisdom" (see the given name Sophia)... [more]

Sol โซล (Settlement) Lao, Sinhalese, Thai
Lao, Sinhala and Thai form of Seoul.

Songkhla สงขลา (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai
Derived from Malay Singgora, itself from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (sinhapura) meaning "city of lions", from सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion" and पुर (pura) meaning "city, town"... [more]

Sukhothai สุโขทัย (Political Subdivision, Country & Settlement) Thai
Most likely means "rise of happiness" from Thai สุข (suk) meaning "joy, happiness" and อุทัย (uthai) meaning "sunrise, dawn, emergence, rise". This is the name of a province of Thailand... [more]

Surin สุรินทร์ (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai
From Thai สุร (sura) meaning "brave, courageous" or "god, deity" and อินทร์ (in) referring to the Hindu god Indra... [more]

Surinam ซูรินาม (Country) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, English, Hindi, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek
English variant of Suriname as well as the standard name for the country in several languages.

Suwa ซูวา (Settlement) Chinese, Lao, Thai
Chinese, Lao and Thai form of Suva.

Tanao Si ตะนาวศรี (Political Subdivision & Other) Thai, Mon
Thai and Mon form of Tanintharyi, which is both a province and a town in southern Myanmar, from the Malay name Tanah Sari, which is itself derived from tanah meaning “land” and sari meaning “essence”.

Teharan เตหะราน (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Tehran.

Thabilisi ทบิลีซี (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Tbilisi.

Thachikisthan ทาจิกิสถาน (Country) Thai
Thai form of Tajikistan.

Thachkhen ทาชเคนต์ (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Tashkent.

Thaensania แทนซาเนีย (Country) Thai
Thai form of Tanzania.

Thaipe ไทเป (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Taipei.

Thaka ธากา (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Dhaka.

Thaka ธากา (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Dhaka.

Thallin ทาลลินน์ (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Tallinn.

Thawai ทวาย (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Dawei.

Theksat เท็กซัส (Political Subdivision) Thai
Thai form of Texas.

Thennessi เทนเนสซี (Political Subdivision) Thai
Thai form of Tennessee.

Thibet ทิเบต (Region, Political Subdivision & Country) Thai, French, English (Archaic)
Thai form of Tibet. It is also a French variant as well as an older English form of the name.

Timo-leste ติมอร์-เลสเต (Country) Thai
Thai form of Timor Leste.

Tirana ติรานา (Settlement) Albanian, English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkmen, Uzbek
Perhaps derived from Doric Greek Τυρσανοί (Tursanoi) meaning "Tyrrhenians", which was an exonym for non-Greek inhabitants of the Tyrrhenian Sea. This is the name of the capital city of Albania.

Toekmenisthan เติร์กเมนิสถาน (Country) Thai
Thai form of Turkmenistan.

Tokiao โตเกียว (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Tokyo.

Tongnga ตองงา (Country) Thai
Thai form of Tonga.

Trang ตรัง (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai
Either from Malay terang meaning "bright, light, clear" or from Sanskrit तरंग (taranga) meaning "wave, ripple". This is the name of a province and city in Thailand.

Trat ตราด (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai
Believed to be a corruption of Khmer ត្រាច (trach) referring to a type of tree (genus Dipterocarpus). This is the name of a province of and town in Thailand.

Tunisia ตูนิเซีย (Country) Basque, English, Finnish, Galician, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Swahili, Thai
The name of a country in North Africa, named after its capital city Tunis.

Turaki ตุรกี (Country) Burmese, Thai
Burmese and Thai form of Turkey.

Tuwalu ตูวาลู (Country) Chinese, Thai, Turkmen
Chinese, Thai and Turkmen form of Tuvalu.

Tuwalu ตูวาลู (Country) Chinese, Polish, Sinhalese, Thai, Turkmen
Chinese, Sinhala, Thai and Turkmen form of Tuvalu as well as a Polish variant.

Ubon Ratchathani อุบลราชธานี (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai
From Thai อุบล (ubon) meaning "lotus" and ราชธานี (ratchathani) meaning "royal city, capital city". This is the name of a province of, as well as a district and city in, Thailand.

Udon Thani อุดรธานี (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai
Means "northern city" from Thai อุดร (udon) meaning "north" and ธานี (thani) meaning "city". This is the name of a province of, as well as a district and city in, Thailand.

Uhan อู่ฮั่น (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Korean, Thai
Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Korean and Thai form of Wuhan.

Ulanbata อูลานบาตาร์ (Settlement) Burmese, Thai
Burmese and Thai form of Ulaanbaatar.

Urukwai อุรุกวัย (Country) Thai
Thai form of Uruguay.

Uthai Thani อุทัยธานี (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai
From Thai อุทัย (uthai) meaning "sunrise, dawn, emergence, rise" and ธานี (thani) meaning "city". This is the name of a province of, as well as a district and city in, Thailand.

Uttaradit อุตรดิตถ์ (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai, Northern Thai
From Thai อุตร (uttara) meaning "north, northern" and ดิตถ์ (dit) meaning "port, landing", referring to the region's historical status as a trading port along the Nan River... [more]

Wadus วาดุซ (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Vaduz.

Waioming ไวโอมิง (Political Subdivision) Korean, Thai
Korean and Thai form of Wyoming.

Walletta วัลเลตตา (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Valletta.

Walletta วัลเลตตา (Settlement) Thai, Turkmen
Thai and Turkmen form of Valletta.

Wanuatu วานูอาตู (Country) Hawaiian, Lao, Thai, Turkmen
Hawaiian, Lao, Thai and Turkmen form of Vanuatu.

We เว้ (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Huế.

Wenesuela เวเนซุเอลา (Country) Thai, Turkmen
Thai and Turkmen form of Venezuela.

Wenesuela เวเนซุเอลา (Country) Lao, Thai, Turkmen
Lao, Thai, and Turkmen form of Venezuela.

Wiangchan เวียงจันทน์ (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Vientiane.

Wianna เวียนนา (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Vienna.

Wiatnam เวียดนาม (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Vietnam.

Wilnius วิลนีอุส (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Vilnius.

Wiskhonsin วิสคอนซิน (Political Subdivision) Thai
Thai form of Wisconsin.

Wochingtan วอชิงตัน (Political Subdivision) Thai
Thai form of Washington.

Woechinia เวอร์จิเนีย (Political Subdivision) Thai
Thai form of Virginia.

Woemon เวอร์มอนต์ (Political Subdivision) Thai
Thai form of Vermont.

Woso วอร์ซอ (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Warsaw.

Yala ยะลา (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai
Derived from Malay jala meaning "net", ultimately from Sanskrit जाल (jala). This is the name of a province in southern Thailand as well as the region's capital city.

Yangkung ย่างกุ้ง (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Yangon.

Yerewan เยเรวาน (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Yerevan.

Yerewan เยเรวาน (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Yerevan.

Yerusalem เยรูซาเลม (Settlement) Indonesian, Lao, Malay, Thai
Indonesian, Lao, Malay and Thai form of Jerusalem.

Yipronta ยิบรอลตาร์ (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Gibraltar.

Yipun ญี่ปุ่น (Country) Thai
Thai form of Japan via Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún).

Yoeramani เยอรมนี (Country) Thai
Thai form of Germany.

Yukanda ยูกันดา (Country) Thai
Thai form of Uganda.

Yukhren ยูเครน (Country) Thai
Thai form of Ukraine.

Yurechia ยูเรเชีย (Region) Thai
Thai form of Eurasia.

Yurop ยุโรป (Region) Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Nepali, Thai
Form of Europe used in various languages.

Yutha ยูทาห์ (Political Subdivision) Thai
Thai form of Utah.