พระนคร

Thai

Etymology

From พระ (prá, “honorific given to gods, religious personages, royal persons, etc, as well as persons or things relating to them”, literally “best; excellent; godly; sacred; 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; monarchy.
2. capital city of a kingdom.

Proper noun

พระนคร • (prá-ná-kɔɔn)

1. (historical) the formal name of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, from 1865 until 22 December 1971, on which it was consolidated with the province of ธนบุรี (ton-bù-rii) to form a polity called นครหลวง (ná-kɔɔn-lǔuang).
2. (historical) Angkor, the capital of the Khmer Empire.