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ชุมพร

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Thai

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the seal of the province depicting a goddess bestowing blessings, standing between gular fig trees
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Etymology

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From ชุม (chum, “to bring together; to call together; to summon; etc”) +‎ พร (pɔɔn, “blessing; benediction”); oldest surviving record of the name dated 1908 BE (1365/66 CE); also believed to be a corruption of ชุม (chum, idem) +‎ พล (pon, “armed force; member thereof”), or a corruption of อุทุมพร (“gular fig”, a plant grown on the right bank of the city).[1]

Pronunciation

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Orthographicชุมพร
d͡ʑ u m b r
Phonemic
ชุม-พอน
d͡ʑ u m – b ɒ n
RomanizationPaiboonchum-pɔɔn
Royal Institutechum-phon
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰum˧.pʰɔːn˧/(R)

Proper noun

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ชุมพร • (chum-pɔɔn)

  1. (จังหวัด~) Chum Phon (a province of Thailand)
  2. (อำเภอเมือง~) Mueang Chum Phon (a district of Chumphon province, Chum Phon)

References

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  1. ^ สำนักงานจังหวัดชุมพร (.n.d) “ประวัติความเป็นมา”, in สำนักงานจังหวัดชุมพร (in Thai), ชุมพร: สำนักงานจังหวัดชุมพร, retrieved 2020-03-03
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