Note 437 — Chapter VI
Reading edition
Probably for Shan-tsĕ, Shan-yen, "highlanders" (Shan, mountain), Shan itself being the same word as Siam, a form which comes to us through the Portuguese Sião.
Reading edition
Probably for Shan-tsĕ, Shan-yen, "highlanders" (Shan, mountain), Shan itself being the same word as Siam, a form which comes to us through the Portuguese Sião.