Etymology

Chiamay

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Italian Chiamay ← Portuguese Chimay ← Thai เชียงใหม่
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The story

  1. Thai · derived fromเชียงใหม่“Chiang Mai, New Town”
  2. Portuguese · derived fromChimay
  3. Italian · borrowed fromChiamay
  4. English todayChiamay

From Italian Chiamay in reference to the town and—via Portuguese Chimay—the imaginary lake, from Thai เชียงใหม่ (Chiiang Mai, “Chiang Mai, New Town”).

Words from the same roots

Thaiเชียงใหม่ all →

ChimayChiang Mai

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.