นครลำปาง

Thai

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• ^†ณครรลำภาง (ná-kɔɔn-lam-paang)
• ^†นครลำภาง (ná-kɔɔn-lam-paang)

 

Etymology

From นคร (ná-kɔɔn, “city”) +‎ ลำปาง (lam-bpaang, referring to the Lampang reliquary); meaning "city of the Lampang reliquary"; after a Buddhist reliquary in the city.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		นครลำปาง n g r l å p ā ŋ
Phonemic		นะ-คอน-ลำ-ปาง n a – g ɒ n – l å – p ā ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	ná-kɔɔn-lam-bpaang
	Royal Institute	na-khon-lam-pang
(standard) IPA(key)		/na˦˥.kʰɔːn˧.lam˧.paːŋ˧/(R)

Proper noun

นครลำปาง • (ná-kɔɔn-lam-bpaang)

1. (historical) old name of ลำปาง (lam-bpaang, “Lampang, a province of Thailand”)

Usage notes

• Historically clipped as นคร (ná-kɔɔn) and corrupted as ละคร (lá-kɔɔn).