อุบลราชธานี

Thai

the seal of the province depicting lotuses

Etymology

From Pali upala (“lotus”) + rājadhānī (“royal city; capital city; royal residence; etc”, literally “royal abode”), meaning "royal city of Lotus"; equivalent to Thai อุบล (ù-bon) +‎ ราชธานี (râat-chá-taa-nii); after Prince Pathum (1709—1795), the first ruler of this city as a vassal state of Bangkok, whose name, Pathum (ปทุม), means "lotus"; coined by Rama I of Bangkok in 1793.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		อุบลราชธานี ɒ u ɓ l r ā d͡ʑ dʰ ā n ī
Phonemic		อุ-บน-ราด-ชะ-ทา-นี ɒ u – ɓ n – r ā ɗ – d͡ʑ a – d ā – n ī
Romanization	Paiboon	ù-bon-râat-chá-taa-nii
	Royal Institute	u-bon-rat-cha-tha-ni
(standard) IPA(key)		/ʔu˨˩.bon˧.raːt̚˥˩.t͡ɕʰa˦˥.tʰaː˧.niː˧/(R)

Proper noun

อุบลราชธานี • (ù-bon-râat-chá-taa-nii)

1. (จังหวัด~) Ubon Ratchathani, a province of Thailand.