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Kra

American  
[krah] / krɑ /

noun

  1. Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.


Kra British  
/ krɑː /

noun

  1. an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At Kra Z Kai’s Laotian Barbeque, in Corona, Calif., Musky Bilavarn’s menu is edited to keep things very simple: a few kinds of marinated and grilled meats, drippy papaya salad and plenty of sticky rice.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2022

Like everything else, the jerky pairs naturally with a clump of hot sticky rice, dispensed at Kra Z Kai’s as freely as paper napkins and toothpicks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2019

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Prasat Kra Chap at Koh Ker, part of the vast medieval conurbation revealed by laser scanning in Cambodia.

From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2016

King Narai the Great of what was then Siam hired French engineers to have a look at cutting a channel through the 30-mile-wide Isthmus of Kra in the 17th century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 16, 2015

Desirous of witnessing the sublime ceremony of hair-cutting, they cautiously approach the Yâks, performing a sort of war dance, and chanting in chorus:— Orah Pho, cha pai Kra Lâât.

From The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Leonowens, Anna Harriette

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