Bangkok

[Mango-Guy]

Does anyone know how and when the fair city of "Krueng Thep...." became "Bangkok" ? It doesn't sound like an anglicization (as in Bombay for Mumbai) and it can't really be a name the US navy coined, could it?

[ProfessorFart]

Nope. Nothing to do with the US forces.

'Bang Kok' part comes from a small part of Thonburi which was one of the first places settled.

The name was derived from 'Bang Mahkok' which means 'place of hog or olive plum (depending on which translation you prefer) It was propbably adopted simply because it was easier for foreign tongues to get around than 'Krungthep' but no one seems to know for sure.

The full name of 'Krungthep' is;

Krungthepmahanakorn Amornrattanakosin Mahintrayuthaya Mahadilokpob Noparat Rajataniburirom Amornpimarn Awatarnsatis Sakatadtiya Wisanukamprasit.

[lampard10]

Nope. Nothing to do with the US forces.

'Bang Kok' part comes from a small part of Thonburi which was one of the first places settled.

The name was derived from 'Bang Mahkok' which means 'place of hog or olive plum  (depending on which translation you prefer)  It was propbably adopted simply because it was easier for foreign tongues to get around than 'Krungthep' but no one seems to know for sure.

The full name of 'Krungthep' is;

Krungthepmahanakorn Amornrattanakosin Mahintrayuthaya Mahadilokpob Noparat Rajataniburirom Amornpimarn Awatarnsatis Sakatadtiya Wisanukamprasit.

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Which means;

Fair city of princes and princesses,by the great river,under the mountain,in the land of jewels and fair maidens where you can get laid for the price of a couple of pints back home.

Please no-one ask what Pattaya means.

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[Darknight]

Nope. Nothing to do with the US forces.

'Bang Kok' part comes from a small part of Thonburi which was one of the first places settled.

The name was derived from 'Bang Mahkok' which means 'place of hog or olive plum  (depending on which translation you prefer)  It was propbably adopted simply because it was easier for foreign tongues to get around than 'Krungthep' but no one seems to know for sure.

The full name of 'Krungthep' is;

Krungthepmahanakorn Amornrattanakosin Mahintrayuthaya Mahadilokpob Noparat Rajataniburirom Amornpimarn Awatarnsatis Sakatadtiya Wisanukamprasit.

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Which means;

Fair city of princes and princesses,by the great river,under the mountain,in the land of jewels and fair maidens where you can get laid for the price of a couple of pints back home.

Please no-one ask what Pattaya means.

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you had me up until "where you can"

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Nope. Nothing to do with the US forces.

'Bang Kok' part comes from a small part of Thonburi which was one of the first places settled.

The name was derived from 'Bang Mahkok' which means 'place of hog or olive plum  (depending on which translation you prefer)  It was propbably adopted simply because it was easier for foreign tongues to get around than 'Krungthep' but no one seems to know for sure.

The full name of 'Krungthep' is;

Krungthepmahanakorn Amornrattanakosin Mahintrayuthaya Mahadilokpob Noparat Rajataniburirom Amornpimarn Awatarnsatis Sakatadtiya Wisanukamprasit.

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Which means;

Fair city of princes and princesses,by the great river,under the mountain,in the land of jewels and fair maidens where you can get laid for the price of a couple of pints back home.

Please no-one ask what Pattaya means.

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you had me up until "where you can"

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Even less on a slow night. ( poverty rates do not apply during visits by the US Fleet )

[johnh101]

"Bangkok"- The real and full name is:"Krung Thep Manakhon Bovorn Ratanskosin Magintharayutthaya Mahadilokpop Noparatratchathani Burirom Udomratchanivetmahasathan Avatartsathit Sakkathattiya Visnukarmrasit" -

translated:

"City of Angels, greatest of all cities,home of the emerald Buddha, immortal, precious jewel, invincable stronghold, ancient and honourable, crownded with nine jewels, heavenly city, founded by Indra and rebuilt by Vishnu"

Thais use the short version: Krung Thep (City of Angels).

[johnh101]

Pattaya's name originated from the march of Phraya Tak (later King Taksin) and his followers from Ayutthaya to Chanthaburi just before the fall of the former capital to the Burmese invaders in 1767.

When Phraya Tak's army arrived at the vicinity of what is today's Pattaya, he encountered the troops of Nai Klom who tried to intercept him. But when the two leaders met face to face, Nai Klom was awed by Phraya Tak's dignified manner and his army's strict discipline. And he surrendered without a fight. The place the two armies confronted each other, was later called Thap Phraya, which means the Army of the Phraya. This was changed to Phatthaya, which happens to mean the wind blowing from the southwest to the northeast at the beginning of the rainy season. Today the spelling of the name has been simplified to Pattaya.

Bet you didn't know that ! !

[gburns57au]

Pattaya's name originated from the march of Phraya Tak (later King Taksin) and his followers from Ayutthaya to Chanthaburi just before the fall of the former capital to the Burmese invaders in 1767.

When Phraya Tak's army arrived at the vicinity of what is today's Pattaya, he encountered the troops of Nai Klom who tried to intercept him. But when the two leaders met face to face, Nai Klom was awed by Phraya Tak's dignified manner and his army's strict discipline. And he surrendered without a fight. The place the two armies confronted each other, was later called Thap Phraya, which means the Army of the Phraya. This was changed to Phatthaya, which happens to mean the wind blowing from the southwest to the northeast at the beginning of the rainy season. Today the spelling of the name has been simplified to Pattaya.

Bet you didn't know that ! !

Actually it was debated in a previous thread

[ThaiPauly]

Chaingmai is named after Beer Chang and My, which roughly translated means "Keep your hands off my beer"

[lampard10]

"Bangkok"-  The real and full name is:"Krung Thep Manakhon Bovorn Ratanskosin Magintharayutthaya Mahadilokpop Noparatratchathani  Burirom Udomratchanivetmahasathan Avatartsathit Sakkathattiya Visnukarmrasit" -

translated:

"City of Angels, greatest of all cities,home of the emerald Buddha, immortal, precious jewel, invincable stronghold, ancient and honourable, crownded with nine jewels, heavenly city, founded by Indra and rebuilt by Vishnu"

Thais use the short version: Krung Thep (City of Angels).

     

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SEE...........................I was nearly right.

[pongster303]

right on Professor fart...are you a realy professor??? hehehe.........