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What is the name of the capital of Thailand?

Krung Tep.

The everyday name of the city, which means "City of Angels" (the same, by the way, as Los Angeles), is only part of the full official name, which is the longest city name in the world.

Only ignorant foreigners call the capital of Thailand Bangkok - this word has not been used in Thailand itself for over 200 years. Europeans (and all European encyclopedias) stubbornly continue to call the city Bangkok, although this is the same as if the Thais stubbornly insisted that the capital of Britain is Billingsgate or Winchester.

Bangkok was the name of a small fishing port that existed before King Rama I moved his capital there in 1782, built the city and gave it a new name.

The full official name of the capital of Thailand is as follows: Krungthep Mahanakon Amorn Rattanakosin Mahintara Yudtaya Mahadilok Pop Noparat Ratchatani Burirom Udomratchnives Mahasatarn Amorn Pimarn Avaltarnsatit Sakattiya Wisanukram Prasit.

In Thai, it is written in one word, consisting of 152 letters, or 64 syllables.

It can be translated as "City of Angels, the greatest treasury of heavenly pearls, the great and impregnable land, the most important and prominent of the kingdoms, the royal and most delightful capital, endowed with nine noble gems, replete with the highest royal palaces, reminiscent of a paradise dwelling, a divine shelter and haven for reincarnated shower".

The first half of the name "Bangkok" is a colloquial Thai bang meaning "village". The second half presumably comes from the ancient word takok, meaning some kind of fruit (either olives, or plums, or a hybrid of both). So Bangkok can be both "Olive Village" and "Plum Village". No one seems to know for sure - yes, everyone, in general, and up to the lantern.

Krung Thep (or Bangkok if you insist) is the only big city in Thailand. It is almost forty times larger than Thailand's next largest city.

Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

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