กะลาแลนด์

Thai

FWOTD – 16 April 2016

Etymology

From กะลา (gà-laa, “coconut shell”) +‎ แลนด์ (lɛɛn, “land”); literally "coconut shell land".

The expression "coconut shell" is based on the idiom กบในกะลา (gòp-nai-gà-laa, “someone who cannot or refuses to see the big picture because of being sheltered or close-minded”, literally “a frog under a coconut shell”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicกะลาแลนด์
k a l ā æ l n ɗ ʻ
Phonemic
กะ-ลา-แลน
k a – l ā – æ l n
RomanizationPaiboongà-laa-lɛɛn
Royal Instituteka-la-laen
(standard) IPA(key)/ka˨˩.laː˧.lɛːn˧/(R)

Proper noun

กะลาแลนด์ • (gà-laa-lɛɛn)

  1. (Internet slang, sarcastic) Thailand.
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