Det fulla och riktiga namnet pa Bangkok

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Nedafor hittar ni det ratta namnet pa Bangkok:

Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit.

Kul va?

Oversatt till Engelska sa blir det sa har:
The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn.

Men Thailandarna sager oftast Krung Thep Mahanakhon, Ko to mo, vilket ar forkortning av Krung Thep Mahanakhon.

Ar det nagon som vet var namnet Bangkok harstammar ifran?

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It is believed that the town’s name derived from either Bang Makok, bang being the Central Thai name for towns or villages situated on the bank of a river, and makok (มะกอก) being the Thai name of either Spondias pinnata, Spondias mombin or Elaeocarpus hygrophilus (plants producing olive-like fruits), or Bang Koh, koh meaning “island,” a reference to the area’s landscape which was carved by rivers and canals.

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