See also:

• MENAM, or ME

MENAM, or ME  Nam (literally the " See also:

• MOTHER

mother See also:

• WATER

water or " See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• RIVER

river "), a river of See also:

• SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• HIGHWAY

highway of the interior, on whose yearly rise and fall depends the See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop of See also:

• LOWER

Lower Siam . Rising in the Lao or Siamese Shan See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of Nan, at a height of 1400 ft. upon the shoulders of the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of Doi Luang, it is first known as the Nam Ngob, after a See also:

• VILLAGE

village of that name . As the Nam Nan, still a mountain stream, it flows southward through the state so named between high forested ranges, and, notwithstanding the frequent rapids along its course, the natives use it in dug-outs for the transport of See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill produce . From Utaradit, where it leaves the hills of the Lao See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, it flows southward through the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of Lower Siam, and is navigable for See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-bottomed native See also:

• CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft of considerable capacity . It is here known as the Nam, or See also:

• MENAM, or ME

Menam Pichai . Below Pichai the river flows through See also:

• FOREST

forest and swamp, the latter providing vast overflow basins for the yearly floods . Thousands of tons of See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish are caught and cured here during the fall of the river after the rains . Below Pitsunalok the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of the Menanr Yom, the historic river of Siam, upon which two of its See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient capitals, Sawankalok and Sukotai, were situated, meander by more than one tortuous clayey channel to the main river, and combine to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the Nam Po . At Paknam Po the main western tributary comes in, the shallow Me Ping, the river of Raheng and Chieng See also:

• MAI, ANGELO (1782—1854)

Mai, bringing with it the waters of the Me Wang . As the chief See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty-station for See also:

• TEAK

teak, which is floated in large quantities down all the upper branches of the river and as a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of transshipment for boats, Paknam Po is. an important and growing See also:

• TOWN

town . From this point southwards the river winds by many channels The See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

chronology in xv . 2, 23, 32, appears to confuse Pekah and Pekahiah, and the view has been held that they were originally one and the same; cf .

See also:

• CHEYNE, THOMAS KELLY (1841— )

Cheyne, Ency . Bib., See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

col . 3643.through the richest and most densely populated portion of Siam . About Chainat the Tachin branches off, forming the main western See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Menam, and falling into the gulf at a point about 24 tn. See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar of the main or See also:

• BANGKOK

Bangkok river . At See also:

• AYUTHIA

Ayuthia, another of the ancient capitals of Siam, the Nam Sak flows in from the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, an important stream affording communication with the See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Pechabun, and draining the western slopes of the See also:

• KORAT

Korat escarpment .