Bangkok's full name

Bangkok's full name is 168 letters long. Thais usually call it Krung Thep, short for this: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. Guinness lists it as the world's longest place name. It means city of angels, great city of immortals, seat of the king, built at the god Indra's command. Many Thais know it from a 1989 rock song whose lyrics are only the name. We tell you everything you need to know about Bangkok. Follow for more!

Thais usually call their capital Krung Thep, the start of its full ceremonial name: 168 letters in Latin script, the world's longest place name in Guinness World Records. It praises the city of angels, and many Thais know it from a 1989 rock song whose lyrics are only the name.

• Guinness World Records lists Bangkok's official name as the longest place name: 168 letters, written in Latin letters (record 'Longest place name').
• Thais call the city Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, the short form of its ceremonial name, or colloquially Krung Thep (Wikipedia: Bangkok).
• The full ceremonial name in Thai: กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบูรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์; romanised Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit.
• It translates as 'The city of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the Nine Gems, seat of the King, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Vishvakarman at Indra's behest.'
• The ceremonial name came into use in the reign of King Mongkut (Wikipedia: Bangkok, citing the Rattanakosin Bicentennial archives, 1982).
• Many Thais who recall the full name do so because of the 1989 song by the rock band Asanee–Wasan, which sets the name to music; its lyrics are the name, repeated.

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Sources:
– Guinness World Records: Longest place name: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/67273-longest-place-name
– Wikipedia: Bangkok (section Name): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok
– Wikipedia: Asanee–Wasan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asanee%E2%80%93Wasan

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