หัวเมือง

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Thai

Etymology

From หัว (hǔua, head: body upper part; chief, leader; chief, leading, principal; situated at the top or front; etc)) +‎ เมือง (mʉʉang, polity, as country, city, etc).

Pronunciation

Orthographicหัวเมือง
h ạ w e m ụ̄ ɒ ŋ
Phonemic
หัว-เมือง
h ạ w – e m ụ̄ ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonhǔua-mʉʉang
Royal Institutehua-mueang
(standard) IPA(key)/hua̯˩˩˦.mɯa̯ŋ˧/(R)

Noun

หัวเมือง (hǔua-mʉʉang)

  1. (archaic) city ruler; city chief.
  2. (government, historical) city, other than the capital city, to which other cities are subject or which is the chief of a cluster of cities, consisting of four levels: หัวเมืองเอก, หัวเมืองโท, หัวเมืองตรี, and หัวเมืองจัตวา.
  3. provinces: the parts of a country outside of the capital or the largest cities.
  4. (colloquial) remote city; hinterland.