ภูเก็ต

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ภูเก็จ — obsolete

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Malay bukit (“mountain; hill”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicภูเก็ต
bʰ ū e k ˘ t
Phonemic
พู-เก็ด
b ū – e k ˘ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonpuu-gèt
Royal Institutephu-ket
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰuː˧.ket̚˨˩/(R)
Audio

Proper noun

ภูเก็ต • (puu-gèt)

  1. (จังหวัด~) Phuket (a province of Thailand)
    Synonyms: (initialism) ภก (pɔɔ-gɔɔ), (former) ถลาง (tà-lǎang)
  2. Phuket (an island of Phuket Province, Thailand)
  3. Phuket (the capital city of Phuket Province, Thailand)
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