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Menam

British  
/ miːˈnæm /

noun

  1. another name for the Chao Phraya

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Gloucester, Mass. Boowoo & Ubum Sirs: Before leaving there I fished the upper Menam, the regal preserve to which I had been granted piscary.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Menam River is the great thoroughfare of Bangkok, and the floating houses lined the river three or four deep for a considerable distance below the city.

From Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Shute, A. B.

Ban Pa In is on an island in the Menam River.

From Travels in the Far East by Peck, Ellen Mary Hayes

It was very lucky for the Dane that he could swim, because the room opened on a verandah and the Menam flowed below very wide and black.

From Lord Jim by Conrad, Joseph

The only noteworthy exception is the Siamese branch, which forms the bulk of the population in the Menam basin.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court