Real name of Bangkok -Krungthepmahanakorn Amornrattanakosin ...

Here is the real name of Bangkok. It's a famous song and it will help you remember the real name of Bangkok  easily! Try it!

Grung-thep Ma-ha-na-khon          A-mon Rat-ta-na-go-sin        Ma-hin-ta-ra        A-yud-ta-ya      Ma-ha-di-lok      Pop-nop-pa-rat      Rad-cha-ta-nee            Bu-ree-rom                U-dom-rad-cha-ni-wed          Ma-ha-sa-taan                A-mon        Pi-maan          A-wa-tdaan        Sa-tid              Sag-ga-tat-tdi-ya        Wid-sa-nu-gam        Prasid

Meaning: 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

Remark: In the official English Romanisation, this is certified as the longest place name in the world in the Guinness book of records!

However, today we say only 'Grung-tep-ma-ha-na-khon', actually if you search by the internet you will see 'Krungthepmahanakhon'. You can see the differences between 'Krung' and 'Grung' and also 'Thep' and 'Tep'. The sound / kr / is not the same with / gr /, the right one is / gr /  and another syllable is / th / which pronounce like /th/ in an English word 'theory', but we don't pronounce like that, the right one is / t /, like / t / in an English word 'tea'.  So, the right one must be 'Grungtepmahanakhon'. Nevertheless, in all documents are written 'Krungthepmahanakhon', well, I can't change it.

Amekha