พระนคร

Thai

Etymology

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

Orthographic		พระนคร b r a n g r
Phonemic		พฺระ-นะ-คอน b ̥ r a – n a – g ɒ n
Romanization	Paiboon	prá-ná-kɔɔn
	Royal Institute	phra-na-khon
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰra˦˥.na˦˥.kʰɔːn˧/(R)

Noun

พระนคร • (prá-ná-kɔɔn)

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

Proper noun

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 to form a polity called นครหลวง (ná-kɔɔn-lǔuang).
3. (historical) Angkor (the capital city of the Khmer Empire, in modern-day Cambodia)