Bangkok

See also: bangkok

English

Alternative forms

• Bankok (archaic)

Etymology

From Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæŋˈkɒk/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒk

Proper noun

Bangkok

2. (exonym) The capital city of Thailand.
   • 1958, Russell H. Fifield, The Diplomacy of Southeast Asia: 1945-1958‎^[1], New York: Harper & Brothers, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 263:

     The Bangkok government indicated real concern over the developments in Communist China’s Yunnan province. Thai officials were afraid that Sibsongpanna would be a center where pro-Communist Thai in Southeast Asia would go and where subversive agitation could be directed against outside legitimate governments.

   • 2025 January 14, Jay Ganglani and Kocha Olarn, “59 degrees Fahrenheit might not sound that chilly. In Thailand’s capital, it’s a shock to the system”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Temperatures in Bangkok fell as low as 59.3 degrees Fahrenheit (15.2 degrees Celsius) on Monday, the lowest the capital has seen in years, as the country’s weather agency warned cool conditions could persist through mid-February.

3. (metonymic) The government of Thailand.

Synonyms

• (endonym) Krung Thep, Krungthep, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (official since 1972)

Derived terms

• Bangkoker
• Bangkokian

Translations

the capital of Thailand

• Afrikaans: Bangkok
• Albanian: Bangkoku
• Amharic: ባንኮክ (bankok)
• Arabic: بَانْكُوك f (bānkūk)

  Hijazi Arabic: بانكوك f (bānkōk)

• Armenian: Բանգկոկ (hy) (Bangkok)
• Assamese: বেংকক (beṅkok)
• Azerbaijani: Banqkok
• Bartangi: Бангкок (Bangkōk)
• Belarusian: Банко́к m (Bankók)
• Bengali: ব্যাংকক (bêṅkok)
• Bulgarian: Банко́к m (Bankók)
• Burmese: ဘန်ကောက်မြို့ (bhankaukmrui.)
• Catalan: Bangkok
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 曼谷 (maan⁶ guk¹)

  Hakka: 曼谷 (man⁴ gug⁵)

  Hokkien: 曼谷 (bān-kok)

  Mandarin: 曼谷 (zh) (Màngǔ)

• Chuvash: Бангкок (Bangkok)
• Czech: Bangkok (cs) m
• Danish: Bangkok n
• Dutch: Bangkok (nl) n
• Esperanto: Bankoko (eo)
• Estonian: Bangkok (et)
• Finnish: Bangkok (fi)
• French: Bangkok (fr) f
• Georgian: ბანგკოკი (ka) (bangḳoḳi)
• German: Bangkok (de) n
• Greek: Μπανκόκ f (Bankók), Μπαγκόκ f (Bagkók), Μπανγκόκ (el) f (Bangkók), Μπαγγόκ f (Bangók)
• Gujarati: બેંગકોક (beṅgkok)
• Hebrew: בַּנְגְּקוֹק f (bangkok)
• Hindi: बैंकॉक m (ba͠ikŏk)
• Hungarian: Bangkok (hu)
• Icelandic: Bangkok
• Indonesian: Bangkok
• Irish: Bancác
• Italian: Bangkok (it)
• Japanese: バンコク (ja) (Bankoku)
• Kannada: ಬ್ಯಾಂಕಾಕ್ (byāṅkāk)
• Kazakh: Бангкок (Bañkok)
• Khmer: បាងកក (km) (baang kɑɑk)
• Korean: 방콕 (ko) (Bangkok)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Bangkok

• Kyrgyz: Бангкок (Bangkok)
• Lao: ບາງກອກ (bāng kǭk), ບັງກອກ (bang kǭk), ກຸງເທບ (kung thēp)
• Latvian: Bangkoka f
• Lithuanian: Bankokas m
• Lü: ᦂᦳᧂᦒᦲᧇ (k̇ungthiib), ᦞᧂᦂᦸᧅᧈ (vangk̇oak¹)
• Macedonian: Бангкок m (Bangkok)
• Malay: Bangkok
• Malayalam: ബാങ്കോക്ക് (bāṅkōkkŭ)
• Maltese: Bangkok
• Marathi: बँगकॉक (bĕṅgkŏk)
• Mon: ၜင်ကံက် (mnw), ၜင်ကော်
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Бангкок (Bangkok)

• Navajo: Bánkoʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bangkok (no)

• Occitan: Bangkòk m
• Oroshori: Бангкок (Bangkōk)
• Pali: devanagara n
• Pashto: بنکاک m (benkãk)
• Persian: بانکوک (bânkok)
• Polish: Bangkok (pl) m
• Portuguese: Banguecoque (pt)
• Punjabi: ਬੈਂਕਾਕ (baiṅkāk)
• Romanian: Bangkok (ro)
• Russian: Бангко́к (ru) m (Bangkók), Банко́к (ru) m (Bankók) (obsolete)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ба̀нгкок m

  Roman: Bàngkok (sh) m

• Shan: မိူင်းၵွၵ်ႇ (móeng kàuk)
• Shughni: Бангкок (Bangkōk)
• Sinhalese: බැංකොක් (bæṁkok)
• Slovak: Bangkok m
• Slovene: Bangkok m
• Spanish: Bangkok (es) m
• Swedish: Bangkok (sv)
• Tagalog: Bangkok
• Tajik: Бангкок (Bangkok)
• Tamil: பேங்காக் (pēṅkāk)
• Tatar: Бангкок (Bangkoq)
• Telugu: బ్యాంకాక్ (byāṅkāk)
• Thai: กรุงเทพมหานคร (th) (grung-têep-má-hǎa-ná-kɔɔn) (formal), กรุงเทพฯ (th) (grung-têep), บางกอก (th) (baang-gɔ̀ɔk) (now informal), กทม. (th) (initialism)
• Tibetan: པན་ཀོག (pan kog)
• Turkish: Bangkok (tr)
• Turkmen: Bangkok
• Ukrainian: Бангко́к m (Banhkók)
• Urdu: بنکاک m (baṅkāk)
• Uyghur: باڭكوك (bangkok)
• Uzbek: Bangkok
• Venetan: Bancòc
• Vietnamese: Băng Cốc
• Wakhi: Бангкок (Bangkok)
• Yagnobi: Бангкок (Bangkok)
• Yazghulami: Бангкок (Bangkok)
• Yiddish: באַנגקאָק n (bangkok)

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Bangkok

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Derived terms

• Bangkokker
• Bangkoks

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaŋkok]

Proper noun

Bangkok m inan (relational adjective bangkocký or bangkokský)

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Declension

Declension of Bangkok (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Bangkok
genitive	Bangkoku
dative	Bangkoku
accusative	Bangkok
vocative	Bangkoku
locative	Bangkoku
instrumental	Bangkokem

Further reading

• “Bangkok”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Proper noun

Bangkok

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋ.kɔk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Bang‧kok

Proper noun

Bangkok n

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Finnish

Etymology

From Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋkok/, [ˈbɑ̝ŋko̞k]
• Rhymes: -ɑŋkok
• Hyphenation^(key): Bang‧kok

Proper noun

Bangkok

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Declension

Inflection of Bangkok (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Bangkok	—
genitive		Bangkokin	—
partitive		Bangkokia	—
illative		Bangkokiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Bangkok	—
accusative	nom.	Bangkok	—
	gen.	Bangkokin
genitive		Bangkokin	—
partitive		Bangkokia	—
inessive		Bangkokissa	—
elative		Bangkokista	—
illative		Bangkokiin	—
adessive		Bangkokilla	—
ablative		Bangkokilta	—
allative		Bangkokille	—
essive		Bangkokina	—
translative		Bangkokiksi	—
abessive		Bangkokitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Bangkok (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bangkokini — accusative nom. Bangkokini — gen. Bangkokini genitive Bangkokini — partitive Bangkokiani — inessive Bangkokissani — elative Bangkokistani — illative Bangkokiini — adessive Bangkokillani — ablative Bangkokiltani — allative Bangkokilleni — essive Bangkokinani — translative Bangkokikseni — abessive Bangkokittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bangkokisi — accusative nom. Bangkokisi — gen. Bangkokisi genitive Bangkokisi — partitive Bangkokiasi — inessive Bangkokissasi — elative Bangkokistasi — illative Bangkokiisi — adessive Bangkokillasi — ablative Bangkokiltasi — allative Bangkokillesi — essive Bangkokinasi — translative Bangkokiksesi — abessive Bangkokittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bangkokimme — accusative nom. Bangkokimme — gen. Bangkokimme genitive Bangkokimme — partitive Bangkokiamme — inessive Bangkokissamme — elative Bangkokistamme — illative Bangkokiimme — adessive Bangkokillamme — ablative Bangkokiltamme — allative Bangkokillemme — essive Bangkokinamme — translative Bangkokiksemme — abessive Bangkokittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bangkokinne — accusative nom. Bangkokinne — gen. Bangkokinne genitive Bangkokinne — partitive Bangkokianne — inessive Bangkokissanne — elative Bangkokistanne — illative Bangkokiinne — adessive Bangkokillanne — ablative Bangkokiltanne — allative Bangkokillenne — essive Bangkokinanne — translative Bangkokiksenne — abessive Bangkokittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Bangkokinsa — accusative nom. Bangkokinsa — gen. Bangkokinsa genitive Bangkokinsa — partitive Bangkokiaan Bangkokiansa — inessive Bangkokissaan Bangkokissansa — elative Bangkokistaan Bangkokistansa — illative Bangkokiinsa — adessive Bangkokillaan Bangkokillansa — ablative Bangkokiltaan Bangkokiltansa — allative Bangkokilleen Bangkokillensa — essive Bangkokinaan Bangkokinansa — translative Bangkokikseen Bangkokiksensa — abessive Bangkokittaan Bangkokittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.kɔk/, /baŋ.kɔk/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Bangkok m

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Derived terms

• bangkokien (adjective)
• Bangkokien (noun)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋkɔk/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Bangkok n (proper noun, genitive Bangkoks or (optionally with an article) Bangkok)

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Derived terms

• Bangkoker

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒŋkok]
• Hyphenation: Bang‧kok
• Homophone: bankok
• Rhymes: -ok

Proper noun

Bangkok

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Bangkok	—
accusative	Bangkokot	—
dative	Bangkoknak	—
instrumental	Bangkokkal	—
causal-final	Bangkokért	—
translative	Bangkokká	—
terminative	Bangkokig	—
essive-formal	Bangkokként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Bangkokban	—
superessive	Bangkokon	—
adessive	Bangkoknál	—
illative	Bangkokba	—
sublative	Bangkokra	—
allative	Bangkokhoz	—
elative	Bangkokból	—
delative	Bangkokról	—
ablative	Bangkoktól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Bangkoké	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Bangkokéi	—

Possessive forms of Bangkok

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Bangkokom	—
2nd person sing.	Bangkokod	—
3rd person sing.	Bangkokja	—
1st person plural	Bangkokunk	—
2nd person plural	Bangkokotok	—
3rd person plural	Bangkokjuk	—

Derived terms

• bangkoki

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈkɔk/, /ˈbanˌkɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Proper noun

Bangkok ?

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Polish

Bangkok

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋ.kkɔk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aŋkkɔk
• Syllabification: Ban‧gkok

Proper noun

Bangkok m inan

1. Bangkok (the capital and largest city of Thailand)

Declension

Declension of Bangkok

	singular
nominative	Bangkok
genitive	Bangkoku
dative	Bangkokowi
accusative	Bangkok
instrumental	Bangkokiem
locative	Bangkoku
vocative	Bangkoku

Further reading

• Bangkok in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Bangkok in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Bangkok

1. Alternative form of Banguecoque

Romanian

Proper noun

Bangkok

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎnɡkok/
• Hyphenation: Bang‧kok

Proper noun

Bàngkok m (Cyrillic spelling Ба̀нгкок)

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbankɔk]

Proper noun

Bangkok m inan (genitive singular Bangkoku)

1. Bangkok (the capital of Thailand)

References

• “Bangkok”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Proper noun

Bangkok m inan

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈkok/ [bãŋˈkok]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: Bang‧kok

Proper noun

Bangkok ?

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Related terms

• bangkokiano

Swedish

Proper noun

Bangkok n (genitive Bangkoks)

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Bangkok, from Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baŋˈkok/ [bɐŋˈkok̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: Bang‧kok

Proper noun

Bangkók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜃ᜔)

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Turkish

Proper noun

Bangkok

1. Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)