นครหลวง

Thai

Etymology

From นคร (ná-kɔɔn, “city; city-state; etc”) +‎ หลวง (lǔuang, “great; royal; etc”)

Pronunciation

Orthographic		นครหลวง n g r h l w ŋ
Phonemic		นะ-คอน-หฺลวง n a – g ɒ n – h ̥ l w ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	ná-kɔɔn-lǔuang
	Royal Institute	na-khon-luang
(standard) IPA^(key)		/na˦˥.kʰɔːn˧.lua̯ŋ˩˩˦/

Noun

นคร หลวง • (ná-kɔɔn-lǔuang)

capital city.
kingdom; monarchy.

Proper noun

นคร หลวง • (ná-kɔɔn-lǔuang)

(historical) Angkor Thom, a capital of the Khmer Empire.
(historical) also known as นครหลวงกรุงเทพธนบุรี, the formal name of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, from 22 December 1971 on which the provinces of พระนคร (prá-ná-kɔɔn) and ธนบุรี were consolidated into one, until 14 December 1972 on which the consolidated polity was renamed กรุงเทพมหานคร (grung-têep-má-hǎa-ná-kɔɔn).

Synonyms

ยโสธร (yá-sǒo-tɔɔn)

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