ลำปาง

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographicลำปาง
l å p ā ŋ
Phonemic
ลำ-ปาง
l å – p ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonlam-bpaang
Royal Institutelam-pang
(standard) IPA(key)/lam˧.paːŋ˧/(R)

Etymology 1

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the reliquary

From corruption of ลัมภางค์ (lam-paang, literally body of Lampha; embodiment of Lampha), which a Buddhist legend says was the name that Gautama Buddha gave the place when he stayed in a forest called Lampha (ลัมพะ) or Lamphakari (ลัมพการี).[1]

Proper noun

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ลำปาง (lam-bpaang)

  1. (พระธาตุ~) Lampang reliquary in present-day Lampang Province, Thailand.
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Etymology 2

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From clipping of an old name, นครลำปาง (ná-kɔɔn-lam-bpaang, literally city of the Lampang reliquary), after a Buddhist reliquary in the city; first used in the order of the Ministry of Interior dated 19 May 1916.[1]

Proper noun

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ลำปาง (lam-bpaang)

  1. (เมือง~) Lampang (a city in Thailand)
  2. (จังหวัด~) Lampang (a province of Thailand)
  3. (อำเภอเมือง~) Mueang Lampang (a district of Lampang province, Thailand)
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏลำปาง (n.d.) “ประวัติศาสตร์เมืองลำปาง”, in มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏลำปาง[1] (in Thai), ลำปาง: มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏลำปาง, archived from the original on 29 February 2020