Chimay

English Etymology 1 From en fr Chimay, sometimes further derived via en la-vul -, from en cel-pro *koimos pretty, pleasant. Proper noun en city and municipality in p/Hainault c/Belgium. Translations Hindi: hi शिमे Korean: ko 시메 sime Walloon: wa Chimai Etymology 2 Lake + thumb|right|250px|Lake Chiamay or Cunabetee on a 1692 map of the Mughal Empire by Vincenzo Coronelli. Variant of earlier en Chiamay, from en pt lago Lago pt de pt Chiamay in João de Barros's 1553 Décadas da Ásia, Dec. III, Bk. II, presumably from the pt Chiamay and pt Chiammay in manuscripts of Fernão Mendes Pinto's Peregrinação, variously referring to an imaginary lake and to the kingdom and town of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, en th เชียงใหม่ Chiiang Mai, from th เชียง walled city + th ใหม่ new. Proper noun en geography historical An imaginary lake thought for centuries to exist in southern China or northern Indochina, once believed to be the source of the Brahmaputra or Meghna, the Irrawaddy, the Salween, and the Chao Phraya Rivers. 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184: CHIMAY, the name of a great lake, lying in the province of Acham, between the Eaſt-Indies and China. Alternative forms en Chiamay, en Chiammay, en Chiamai, en Chiang Mai, en Chaamay, en Chiama, en Cunebete, en Singapamor, en Jamahey References Michael Pearson, "Lake Chiamay: Asia's Mythical Mother of Rivers", The Globe: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Map Society, No. 83 (2018), pp. 43 ff. en Mythological locations