Farang
Sign in to savethumb|Depiction of farang as a stone guard at Wat Pho in [[Bangkok; circa 1824–1851]]
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- Origin and geographic spread{{anchor|Name}}
- Arabic
- Ethiopia and Eritrea
- Somalia
- South, Southeast and East Asia
- Regional evolution
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- See also
- References
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thumb|Depiction of farang as a stone guard at Wat Pho in [[Bangkok; circa 1824–1851]]
Farang ( ) is a Persian word that originally referred to the Franks (the major Germanic people) and later came to refer to Western or Latin Europeans in general. The word is borrowed from Old French or Latin , which are also the source of Modern English France, French.