นครนายก
Thai
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Etymology
From นคร (ná-kɔɔn, “city”) + นา (naa, “rice field”) + ยก (yók, “to exempt; to cancel”); literally "city of exempted rice fields"; after the fact that the rice fields in this city were exempted from taxes during the Ayutthaya period.[1]
Pronunciation
Orthographic | นครนายก n g r n ā y k | |
Phonemic | นะ-คอน-นา-ยก n a – g ɒ n – n ā – y k | |
Romanization | Paiboon | ná-kɔɔn-naa-yók |
Royal Institute | na-khon-na-yok | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /na˦˥.kʰɔːn˧.naː˧.jok̚˦˥/(R) |
Proper noun
นครนายก • (ná-kɔɔn-naa-yók)
- (จังหวัด~) Nakhon Nayok, a province of Thailand.