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Bankok

Bankok is the archaic form of Bangkok.

Meaning of Bangkok

Proper noun

Bangkok

  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...1958, Russell H. Fifield, The Diplomacy of Southeast Asia: 1945-1958, New York: Harper & Brothers, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 263
    Synonyms:
    Krung Thep, Krungthep, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
  2. (metonymically) The government of Thailand.

See all 3 meanings of bangkok

Questions about Bankok

What is Bankok the archaic form of?
Bankok is the archaic form of Bangkok.

Words near Bankok in the dictionary

  1. bankmen
  2. banknote
  3. banknotes
  4. Banko
  5. bankocracy
  6. Bankok
  7. Bankole
  8. bankomat
  9. bankomats
  10. Bankon
  11. Bankos

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