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Chao Phraya River
The Chao Phraya〔(タイ語:แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา), , or (:tɕâːw pʰra.jaː), (listen ).〕 ((タイ語:แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา) ((Pronunciation ))) is a major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand.
==Etymology==
On many old European maps, the river is named ''Menam'' or ''Mae Nam'' (Thai: แม่น้ำ), Thai for "river". James McCarthy, F.R.G.S., who served as Director-General of the Siamese Government Surveys prior to establishment of the Royal Survey Department, wrote in his account: Me Nam is a generic term, ''Me'' signifying "mother" and ''Nam'' "water," and the epithet Chao P'ia signifies that it is the chief river in the kingdom of Siam.
H. Warington Smyth, who served as Director of the Department of Mines in Siam from 1891 to 1896, refers to it in his book first published in 1898 as "the Me Nam Chao Phraya." Thai royal and noble title ''Chao Phraya'' may be translated as "grand duke." In the English-language media in Thailand, the name is often translated as ''river of kings''.
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