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| พัทยา phatH thaH yaaM (24.) |
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| 1. | a tax or tithe |
| 2. | the southwest wind |
| 3. | Pattaya, the beach resort on the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Bangkok |
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| Phonemic Thai | พัด-ทะ-ยา |
| IPA | pʰát tʰá jaː |
| Royal Thai General System | phatthaya |
| alternate spelling | พัทธยา  | phatH thaH yaaM | |
| pronunciation note | 24. The pronunciation of this word illustrates reduplication, where a single written consonant serves as the final consonant of a syllable and is then pronounced again as the initial consonant of the following syllable. | ||
| 1. [noun] | |||
| definition | a tax or tithe | ||
| 2. [noun] | |||
| definition | the southwest wind | ||
| 3. [proper noun, geographical, formal] | |||
| definition | Pattaya, the beach resort on the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Bangkok | ||
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| examples | พัทยายูไนเต็ด | phatH thaH yaaM yuuM naiM dtetL | [Thai transcription for "Pattaya United" football club] |
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ชาวต่างชาตินิยมมาตากอากาศที่พัทยา chaaoM dtaangL chaatF niH yohmM maaM dtaakL aaM gaatL theeF phatH thaH yaaM "Foreigners like to vacation in Pattaya." | |||
