Definitions

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  • proper noun Alternative name of Bangkok.

Etymologies

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From Thai กรุงเทพ (groong têp)

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Examples

  • Krungthep Thurakit, in Bangkok, got more than 4,000 hits last quarter—and received a check for $323.

    Today's News, Brought to You by Your Friends at the CIA Barry Newman 2011

  • The Bank for Agriculture is expected to spend about 400 billion baht on the program, the Thai-language Krungthep Turakij newspaper reported today, citing President Luck Wajananawatch.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • One room upgrade to a Krungthep Deluxe room and Horizon Club access for two rooms, for every 40 to 50 room nights booked

    ETravelBlackboard.com 2009

  • Praphanpong Vejjajiva, chairman of the BMA's subsidiary Krungthep Thanakom which will implement the project, said the most feasible route was the loop around Chulalongkorn University as the property bureau of the university had already handed a five-rai land plot to the BMA for commercial development.

    Brudirect News1 2009

  • When translated into English, it would run to 189 characters as follows: Samosorn Maha Vittiyalai Krungthep Mahanakorn Boworn Rattanakosin Mahintara Yutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noparat Rajathani Burirom Udom Rajaniwet Mahasatharn Amorn Phimarn Avatarn Sathit Sakkatattiya Vishnukarm Prasit.

    Has a butcher, baker or candlestick maker ever become a football manager? John Ashdown 2010

  • Along the banks of the Chao Phraya River, From Krungthep Bridge to the Rama VIII Bridge

    Thailand Blogs 2008

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