พระนคร

Thai

Etymology

Compound of พระ (prá, honorific given to royal persons and things related to them, literally “holy, sacred; godly, divine; etc”) +‎ นคร (ná-kɔɔn, “city; city-state”)

Pronunciation

Orthographic		พระนคร b r a n g r
Phonemic		พฺระ-นะ-คอน b ̥ r a – n a – g ɒ n
Romanization	Paiboon	prá-ná-kɔɔn
	Royal Institute	phra-na-khon
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰra˦˥.na˦˥.kʰɔːn˧/(R)

Noun

พระนคร • (prá-ná-kɔɔn)

1. kingdom; capital city thereof

Proper noun

พระนคร • (prá-ná-kɔɔn)

1. (historical) Angkor (the capital city of the Khmer Empire, in modern-day Cambodia)
2. (endonym) Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand) [used from 1865 to 1971, when a new name, นครหลวง (ná-kɔɔn-lǔuang), was given]
3. Phra Nakhon (a district of Bangkok, Thailand)

See also

• กรุงเทพมหานคร (grung-têep-má-hǎa-ná-kɔɔn)
• บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk)