"Kad" Farang?

[Ruffian Dick]

In Chiang Mai, what does the place name "Kad Farang" mean? Obviously we know what a "farang" is, but what does the "kad" mean here?

Online translator doesn't help, I get chopped cabbage or some damn thing. :D

[DavidHouston]

"กาด" (kad) means "village" in the Northern Thai language.

[See Royal Institute Dictionary "กาด ๒  (ถิ่น-พายัพ) น. ตลาด."]

Edited November 27, 2017 by DavidHouston

[Ruffian Dick]

I see, thanks!

So it's like "Farang Town"? :D

Fair's fair, I guess; if there's a Chinatown and a Little Tokyo etc....

[tgeezer]

"กาด" (kad) means "village" in the Northern Thai language.

[see Royal Institute Dictionary "กาด ๒  (ถิ่น-พายัพ) น. ตลาด."]

ตลาด is not town.


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[tgeezer]

I googled it and see that it is a 'new' mall in Chiang Mai. I found กาดฟรังวิลเลจ kaad farang village, the actual sign Kad Farang Plaza and maybe not in Chiang Mai, "กาดฟรัง walking street". From the clips I would say that what was filmed couldn't be more Thai.
You could construct a plausible story based on ฟรัง being the franc rather than the people if you wanted to but I don't see the point.


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[DavidHouston]

Sorry, I typed incorrectly. The meaning should be "market", not "village".