กรุงเทพมหานคร

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of กรุง (grung, “realm”) +‎ เทพ (têep, “god”) +‎ มหา (má-hǎa, “grand”) +‎ นคร (ná-kɔɔn, “city”), literally “a realm of gods, a grand city”.

Pronunciation

Orthographicกรุงเทพมหานคร
k r u ŋ e d b m h ā n g r
Phonemic
กฺรุง-เทบ-มะ-หา-นะ-คอน
k ̥ r u ŋ – e d ɓ – m a – h ā – n a – g ɒ n
RomanizationPaiboongrung-têep-má-hǎa-ná-kɔɔn
Royal Institutekrung-thep-ma-ha-na-khon
(standard) IPA(key)/kruŋ˧.tʰeːp̚˥˩.ma˦˥.haː˩˩˦.na˦˥.kʰɔːn˧/(R)
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Proper noun

กรุงเทพมหานคร • (grung-têep-má-hǎa-ná-kɔɔn)

  1. (historical) Ayutthaya Kingdom (a kingdom based in present-day Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand)
  2. (historical) Thon Buri Kingdom (a kingdom based in present-day Thon Buri District, Thailand, the successor of Ayutthaya)
  3. (historical) Rattanakosin Kingdom (a kingdom based in present-day Bangkok, Thailand, the successor of Thon Buri)
  4. (endonym) Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)
  5. Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the local government of Bangkok

See also

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