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Bangkok

Bangkok

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The capital and largest city of Thailand known for busy streets, markets, and many Buddhist temples
  • proper noun
  • /ˈbæŋkɒk/
: Bangkok
  • I explored the vibrant markets of Bangkok during my vacation in Thailand.
  • Bangkok, Thailand
  • city of Bangkok
  • Chinese in Bangkok

I went to Bangkok and Phuket.

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Examples

  • So we just went to Bangkok, Thailand to do some advocacy work for HIV prevention and awareness.

  • Even today, in Bangkok and central Thailand, they still travel by boat.

  • But we're going to make a stop at Bangkok first for three hours.

  • I was in Bangkok when I heard the news.

  • Suggested another meeting in Bangkok to discuss terms.

  • From Bangkok, we go back to the states.

  • We were living in Bangkok then, and one night he called my father.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The site of our research is the Thai Traditional Technology Gallery at the National Science Museum in Bangkok, Thailand.

    Academic text (2014)
  • We're still on the hunt for Bangkok's best view.

  • A short one-hour trip from Bangkok to Tan Son Nhat Airport.

    Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

Krung Thep
vsBangkok
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Name Thai people use for Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand known for its temples and busy street life

is the English form of the same city's name rather than the Thai form

Surface Forms

Bangkok main

Etymology

Bangkok comes from Thai parts: bang meaning 'village by the river' and makok meaning a small 'olive' or 'plum'. So Bangkok originally meant 'village of olive-plums', which helps you remember that the city began as a riverside town known for its fruit trees.