Bangkok

American  

[bang-kok, bang-kok] / ˈbæŋ kɒk, bæŋˈkɒk /

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Thailand, in the S central part, on the Chao Phraya.

2. (lowercase) a kind of Siamese straw.

3. (lowercase) a hat woven of strands of this straw.

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Bangkok British  

/ ˈbæŋkɒk, bæŋˈkɒk /

noun

1. Thai name: Krung Thep. the capital and chief port of Thailand, on the Chao Phraya River: became a royal city and the capital in 1782. Pop: 6 604 000 (2005 est)

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Bangkok Cultural  

1. Capital of Thailand and largest city in the country, located in the heart of Thailand's rice-growing region near the Gulf of Thailand.

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With its busy port and spectacular examples of Buddhist (see Buddhism) architecture, Bangkok is one of the leading cities of Southeast Asia.

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Bangkok

"If there are no safeguards, then the risks may exceed the opportunities," she said in Bangkok.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

“I don’t believe in saying now what I might do at the meetings that we have in the balance of this year,” Warsh said on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank annual meeting in Bangkok.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

At the IMF meetings in Bangkok this week these themes came up again and again, including among those at the very top table.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Speaking at an International Monetary Fund event in Bangkok, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh declined to give any rate guidance ahead of the October meeting of the central bank’s rate-setting committee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

On a Bangkok stopover en route to Manila, he’d bought a number of Thai music cassettes, which he played over and over again at night while he was going over games.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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