นครหลวง
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From นคร (ná-kɔɔn, “city; city-state; etc”) + หลวง (lǔuang, “great; royal; etc”).
Pronunciation edit
| 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˩˩˦/(R) | |
Noun edit
Proper noun edit
- (historical) Angkor Thom (the last capital city of the Khmer Empire, in modern-day Cambodia)
- (historical) also known as นครหลวงกรุงเทพธนบุรี, the formal name of Bangkok, the capital city 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 edit
- ยโสธร (yá-sǒo-tɔɔn)