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˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

นครหลวง • (ná-kɔɔn-lǔuang)

1. capital city.
2. kingdom; monarchy.

Proper noun

นครหลวง • (ná-kɔɔn-lǔuang)

1. (historical) Angkor Thom (the last capital city of the Khmer Empire, in modern-day Cambodia)
2. (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 (ton-bù-rii) 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)