Relating to Thailand (formerly Siam) or its people and culture, or describing Siamese cats, a breed with pointed coloring and blue eyes.
From the former name of Thailand, 'Siam,' plus the suffix '-ese' meaning 'of or from.' The country changed its official English name to 'Thailand' in 1939, but the term remains in 'Siamese cat.'
Siamese cats were so prized in Thailand they were kept in royal palaces and considered sacred—they weren't available to regular people! When Western traders finally brought them to Europe in the 1800s, they became wildly fashionable among the wealthy.
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