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

Thai Red Cross workers dressed up as part of a Halloween-themed blood drive in the country's capital Bangkok.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

He did this dressed as the eponymous young wizard at a Harry Potter-themed demonstration in central Bangkok in 2020.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

They decided he would accept a job offer in Bangkok to give their children a breather from the years of war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

On the streets of Bangkok on Friday, protesters prepared to spend the night under a flyover.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Harris, who was thirty-one, said there was supposed to be another client arriving on the same flight from Bangkok, a fifty- three-year-old attorney from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, named Lou Kasischke.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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