พระนคร

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Etymology

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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

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Orthographicพระนคร
b r a n g r
Phonemic
พฺระ-นะ-คอน
b ̥ r a – n a – g ɒ n
RomanizationPaiboonprá-ná-kɔɔn
Royal Institutephra-na-khon
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰra˦˥.na˦˥.kʰɔːn˧/(R)

Noun

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พระนคร (prá-ná-kɔɔn)

  1. kingdom; monarchy.
  2. capital city of a kingdom.

Proper noun

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พระนคร (prá-ná-kɔɔn)

  1. Phra Nakhon, a district in Bangkok.
  2. (historical) the formal name of Bangkok, the capital city 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).
  3. (historical) Angkor (the capital city of the Khmer Empire, in modern-day Cambodia)