ฉะเชิงเทรา

Thai

Alternative forms

• ฉเชิงเซา — obsolete

Etymology

Believed to be a corruption of Old Khmer ច្ទិង៑ (cdiṅ), ច្ទិង្ង៑ (cdiṅṅ), ឆ្ទិង៑ (chdiṅ), ឆ្ទិង្ង៑ (chdiṅṅ, “river; stream”), corresponding to Modern Khmer ស្ទឹង (stɨng) + Old Khmer ជ្រៅ (jrau), ជ្រោវ៑ (jrov, “deep”), corresponding to Modern Khmer ជ្រៅ (crɨw); literally “deep river”; after the Bang Pakong River.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ฉะเชิงเทรา t͡ɕʰ a e d͡ʑ i ŋ e d r ā
Phonemic		ฉะ-เชิง-เซา t͡ɕʰ a – e d͡ʑ i ŋ – e z ā
Romanization	Paiboon	chà-chəəng-sao
	Royal Institute	cha-choeng-sao
(standard) IPA(key)		/t͡ɕʰa˨˩.t͡ɕʰɤːŋ˧.saw˧/(R)

Proper noun

ฉะเชิงเทรา • (chà-chəəng-sao)

1. (เมือง~) Chachoengsao (a city in Thailand)
2. (จังหวัด~) Chachoengsao (a province of Thailand)

   Synonyms: (initialism) ฉช (chɔ̌ɔ-chɔɔ), (former; colloquial) แปดริ้ว

3. (อำเภอเมือง~) Mueang Chachoengsao (a district of Chachoengsao province, Thailand)