กรุงเทพฯ

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Thai

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Etymology

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From กรุง (grung, city) +‎ เทพ (têep, god); shortened from กรุงเทพมหานคร (grung-têep-má-hǎa-ná-kɔɔn, literally celestial city). The last symbol is an abbreviation indicator.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicกรุงเทพฯ
k r u ŋ e d b ǂ
Phonemic
กฺรุง-เทบ
k ̥ r u ŋ – e d ɓ
RomanizationPaiboongrung-têep
Royal Institutekrung-thep
(standard) IPA(key)/kruŋ˧.tʰeːp̚˥˩/(R)
Audio

Proper noun

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กรุงเทพฯ (grung-têep)

  1. (colloquial, endonym) Bangkok (the capital of Thailand)

Usage notes

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กรุงเทพฯ only means the capital of Thailand, while กรุงเทพ (without ) is used in other proper names such as schools or universities.

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • English: Krung Thep
  • Lao: ກຸງເທບ (kung thēp)
  • Lü: ᦂᦳᧂᦒᦲᧇ (k̇ungthiib)