พระนคร
Appearance
Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Orthographic | พระนคร b r a n g r | |
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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
[edit]พระนคร • (prá-ná-kɔɔn)
- kingdom; capital city thereof
Proper noun
[edit]พระนคร • (prá-ná-kɔɔn)
- (historical) Angkor (the capital city of the Khmer Empire, in modern-day Cambodia)
- (endonym) Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand) [used from 1865 to 1971, when a new name, นครหลวง (ná-kɔɔn-lǔuang), was given]
- Phra Nakhon (a district of Bangkok, Thailand)
See also
[edit]- กรุงเทพมหานคร (grung-têep-má-hǎa-ná-kɔɔn)
- บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk)
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