Editing Gulf of Thailand (section)

==Names==
The modern [[Thai language|Thai]] name of the gulf is ''Ao Thai'' ({{langx|th|อ่าวไทย}}, {{IPA|th|ʔàːw tʰāj||Th-Gulf_of_Thailand.ogg}}, 'Thai Gulf') and "Gulf of Thailand" has been adopted as the official name of the body by the [[International Hydrographic Organization]].<ref name=iho/>{{when|date=March 2015}} Its name in [[Malay language|Malay]] is "Gulf of Siam", ''Teluk Siam'' or in [[Jawi script]]: {{lang|ms|{{Script/Arabic|تلوق سيم}}}}, and in  {{langx|km| ឈូងសមុទ្រសៀម}}'', Chhoung Samut Siem''. In Thai, the gulf is historically known as ''Ao Sayam'' ({{langx|th|อ่าวสยาม}}).<ref>{{cite journal | script-title=th:ระยะทางเสด็จฯ ประพาสชายทะเลอ่าวสยาม พ.ศ. 2470 |trans-title=A report on the royal travel through the Gulf of Siam, 1927| url = http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2470/D/513_2.PDF | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140308161818/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2470/D/513_2.PDF | url-status = dead | archive-date = March 8, 2014 | journal= [[Royal Thai Government Gazette]] | issue = D | volume = 88 | date = 1927-05-22 | page = 44 | access-date = 2014-03-08 | language = th }}</ref>  In [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] it is known as ''Vịnh Thái Lan''.

It is generally identified with the [[Magnus Sinus|Great Gulf]] ({{langx|la|Magnus Sinus}}) known to [[Greek geographers|Greek]], [[Roman geographers|Roman]], [[medieval Arab geographers|Arab]], [[medieval Persian geographers|Persian]], and [[Renaissance cartographers]] before [[Age of Discovery|the influx]] of [[Portuguese explorers]] removed the phantom [[Dragon Tail (peninsula)|Dragon Tail peninsula]] from European world maps in the 16th century.