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Thailand, Gulf of, also Gulf of Siam, inlet of the South China Sea, lying between the Malay Peninsula on the west and the Southeast Asian mainland on the north and east. It is bounded mainly by Thailand, but also by Cambodia and Vietnam. At its northern head the gulf receives the Chao Phraya River. Bangkok, the gulf's leading port, is upstream from the mouth of this river.


ADDED: Microsoft Encarta 2004