バンコク

Japanese

Alternative spelling
盤谷 (obsolete)

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) バンコック (Bankokku)

Etymology

From English Bangkok, from Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk). The kanji spelling is ateji.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) バンコク [báꜜǹkòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bã̠ŋko̞kɯ̟]

Proper noun

バンコク • (Bankoku) 

  1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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