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Bangkok¹

  • /bæŋˈkɒk/

Rhymes with -ɒk

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk).

proper noun Bankok · Bancock · Bangkock

  1. The capital city of Thailand. The Bangkok government indicated real concern over the developments in Communist China’s Yunnan province. Thai officials were afraid that Sibsongpanna would be a center where pro-Communist Thai in Southeast Asia would go and where subversive agitation could be directed against outside legitimate gov

    Similar: Krung Thep, Krungthep, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon

  2. metonymically The government of Thailand.

bangkok²

Where it comes from

From the place name Bangkok.

noun bangkoks

  1. A kind of straw hat. The difference between the two classifications has always been intended to cover unblocked and untrimmed hat bodies, such as panamas, bangkoks, and leghorns, and other hats which are woven by the natives in South American and oriental countries where they are produced.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tianjin, beijing, singapore, thailand, tokyo, thai, cairo, zagreb, santiago, frankfurt, urumqi, sydney, dude, banco, thon, thonburi

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name the capital of Thailand

EspañolBangkok
日本語バンコク Bankoku
中文曼谷 Màngǔ
हिन्दीबैंकॉक ba͠ikŏk
PortuguêsBanguecoque
FrançaisBangkok
DeutschBangkok
ItalianoBangkok
ΕλληνικάΜπανκόκ Bankók, Μπαγκόκ Bagkók, Μπανγκόκ Bangkók, Μπαγγόκ Bangók
RomânăBangkok
РусскийБангко́к Bangkók, Банко́к Bankók
Tiếng ViệtBăng Cốc, Vọng Cát
العربيةبَانْكُوك bānkūk
עבריתבַּנְגְּקוֹק bangkok

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@misc{bangkok_2026,
  title = {bangkok},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bangkok},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}