Bangkok

[bang-kok, bang-kok]

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.

Bangkok

/ bæŋˈkɒk, ˈbæŋkɒk /

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)

Bangkok

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.

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

Example Sentences

This task is left to a 170-plus member “committee” under the aegis of the IMO, and good luck to any voter in Boston, Berlin or Bangkok who wants to influence that debate.

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She’s been on staff at the magazine since 1992, logging articles about a road in Bangkok, Thomas “painter of light” Kinkade, a touring gospel group — the list is impossibly broad and long.

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A Thai court has sentenced a man to life in prison for killing a prominent Cambodian opposition politician in Bangkok.

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He stayed there for six months, then received parole and moved to his home in Bangkok.

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A Bangkok court has acquitted controversial billionaire and former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was accused of insulting the monarchy.

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