"พระนคร" meaning in Thai

See พระนคร in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /pʰra˦˥.na˦˥.kʰɔːn˧/ Forms: prá-ná-kɔɔn [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of พระ (prá, honorific given to royal persons and things related to them, literally “holy, sacred; godly, divine; etc”) + นคร (ná-kɔɔn, “city; city-state”) Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|th|พระ|นคร|lit1=holy, sacred; godly, divine; etc|pos1=honorific given to royal persons and things related to them|t2=city; city-state}} Compound of พระ (prá, honorific given to royal persons and things related to them, literally “holy, sacred; godly, divine; etc”) + นคร (ná-kɔɔn, “city; city-state”) Head templates: {{th-proper noun}} พระนคร • (prá-ná-kɔɔn)
  1. (historical) Angkor (the capital city of the Khmer Empire, in modern-day Cambodia) Tags: historical Categories (place): Cities in Cambodia, Places in Cambodia
    Sense id: en-พระนคร-th-name-qgl6OE2h Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Capital cities, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 35 30 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 35 31 6 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 27 34 30 8
  2. (endonym) Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand) Categories (place): Cities in Thailand, Places in Thailand
    Sense id: en-พระนคร-th-name-B79XwjQD Categories (other): Bangkok, National capitals, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 35 30 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 35 31 6 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 27 34 30 8
  3. Phra Nakhon (a district of Bangkok, Thailand) Categories (place): Districts of Thailand, Places in Thailand
    Sense id: en-พระนคร-th-name-CdA95OLf Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 35 30 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 35 31 6 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 27 34 30 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: กรุงเทพมหานคร (grung-têep-má-hǎa-ná-kɔɔn), บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk)

Noun

IPA: /pʰra˦˥.na˦˥.kʰɔːn˧/ Forms: prá-ná-kɔɔn [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of พระ (prá, honorific given to royal persons and things related to them, literally “holy, sacred; godly, divine; etc”) + นคร (ná-kɔɔn, “city; city-state”) Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|th|พระ|นคร|lit1=holy, sacred; godly, divine; etc|pos1=honorific given to royal persons and things related to them|t2=city; city-state}} Compound of พระ (prá, honorific given to royal persons and things related to them, literally “holy, sacred; godly, divine; etc”) + นคร (ná-kɔɔn, “city; city-state”) Head templates: {{th-noun}} พระนคร • (prá-ná-kɔɔn)
  1. kingdom; capital city thereof
    Sense id: en-พระนคร-th-noun-5akqwsBE
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: endonym",
  "path": [
    "พระนคร"
  ],
  "section": "Thai",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "พระนคร",
  "trace": ""
}

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