The Gulf of Thailand (Thai: อ่าวไทย, RTGS: Ao Thai, ), also known to Malays as Teluk Siam, literally meaning Gulf of Siam, and Boeung Tonle Siem in Khmer is a shallow arm of the South China Sea.
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