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bangkok

noun

  1. a hat made of finely woven straw or fine palm fiber
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proper noun

  1. capital of Thailand
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bæŋˈkɒk/

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk)bor. English Bangkok Borrowed from Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk).

  1. The capital city of Thailand.

    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.

    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.

  2. The government of Thailand.

noun

Etymology: From the place name Bangkok.

  1. A kind of straw hat.

    The difference between the two classifications has always been intended to cover unblocked and untrimmed hat bodies, such as panamas, bangkoks, and leghorns, and other hats which are woven by the natives in South American and oriental countries where they are produced.