นครหลวง

ná-kon lŭuang

Meanings

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capital (city); royal/imperial capital

The capital city of a country or kingdom; often used in formal or historical contexts to mean a royal or imperial capital.

Examples

กรุงศรีอยุธยาgrung sĭi à-yút-tá-yaaกรุงศรีอยุธยาgrung sĭi à-yút-tá-yaa1Ayutthaya Kingdom2Ayutthaya (city/province)เคยkoeiเคยkoei1ever; used to (past experience)2[used to] (past experience/habit)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsนครหลวงná-kon lŭuangนครหลวงná-kon lŭuangcapital (city); royal/imperial capitalที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotยิ่งใหญ่yîng yàiยิ่งใหญ่yîng yài1grand; magnificent; great in scale or importance2majestic; noble; exaltedของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsอาณาจักรสยามaa-naa-jàk sà-yăamอาณาจักรสยามaa-naa-jàk sà-yăamthe Kingdom of Siam (historical Thailand)
Ayutthaya was once the great capital city of the Siamese Kingdom.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

นครná-konนครná-kon1large city (formal/literary)2prefix in place names (“Nakhon-”)Part 1
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หลวงlŭuangหลวงlŭuang1royal; of the king/state2state; public; official3honorific for monks/holy objects4venerable monk (colloq.)Part 2
นครหลวงná-kon lŭuangนครหลวงná-kon lŭuangcapital (city); royal/imperial capital