Menam

British  

/ miːˈnæm /

noun

1. another name for the Chao Phraya

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Example Sentences

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

On this march the king of Pegu constructed a prodigious bridge of boats over the rapid river Menam, a full league in length, for the passage of his army.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

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

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

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

The upper half of the river Menam is occupied by what are called the Laú, or Laos.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)