NAKHON SRI TAMMARAT (also known as LAKHON and formerly as LIGORE)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam, in the See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the same name, about 38o m . S. of See also:

• BANGKOK

Bangkok, on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the See also:

• MALAY

Malay See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula . It is one of the most See also:

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

ancient cities of Siam, and contains many buildings and ruins of antiquarian See also:

• INTEREST

interest . The See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade consists chiefly of the export of 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 . In the See also:

• BAY

bay, a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short distance off, See also:

• SHIPS

ships can See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie safely at all seasons . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population (7000) is chiefly Siamese, but there is an ad-mixture of Burmese, the descendants of prisoners of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war and of refugees from See also:

• TENASSERIM

Tenasserim . The town is the headquarters of a See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor under the high See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner at See also:

• SINGORA, or SONGKLA (the Sangore of early navigators)

Singora . It has for See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been a centre of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American Presbyterian See also:

• MISSION

Mission to Siam . It was once the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of a feudatory See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, the See also:

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

chief of which ruled the greater See also:

• PART

part of the Malay Peninsula in the name of the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of Siam and See also:

• BORE

bore the brunt of all the See also:

• WARS

wars with Malacca and other Malay states . It lies, however, See also:

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

north of the limit of Malay expansion, and has never at any See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time come under Malay See also:

• RULE

rule . With the fall of the Siamese capital of See also:

• AYUTHIA

Ayuthia in 1767 it became See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent, but returned to its See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance on the See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding of Bangkok . In the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• BRITISH

British, Portuguese and Dutch merchants had factories here and carried on an extensive trade .