หลวงพระบาง

Thai

Etymology

From Lao ຫລວງພຣະບາງ (lūang phra bāng), from ຫຼວງ (lūang, “royal; public; great; chief; principal; etc”) + ພຣະບາງ (phra bāng, “Phra Bang”, the name of a Buddha statue), equivalent to Thai หลวง (lǔuang) +‎ พระบาง (prá-baang).

Pronunciation

Orthographicหลวงพระบาง
h l w ŋ b r a ɓ ā ŋ
Phonemic
หฺลวง-พฺระ-บาง
h ̥ l w ŋ – b ̥ r a – ɓ ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonlǔuang-prá-baang
Royal Instituteluang-phra-bang
(standard) IPA(key)/lua̯ŋ˩˩˦.pʰra˦˥.baːŋ˧/(R)

Proper noun

หลวงพระบาง • (lǔuang-prá-baang)

  1. (แขวง~) Luang Prabang (a province in northern Laos)
  2. (เมือง~) Luang Prabang (a city in northern Laos)
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