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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

bangkok

/bæŋˈkɑk/

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What does bangkok mean?

noun

  1. A kind of straw hat.

proper noun

  1. The capital city of Thailand.
  2. The government of Thailand.

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IPA pronunciation

/bæŋˈkɑk/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈbæŋkɑk/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Over the longer-term, Bangkok must produce more college graduates with technical training and upgrade workers' skills to continue its rapid economic development.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1993 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #87
To begin with, he was more than five years older than myself at a time of life when five years really do count, I being twenty-nine and he thirty-four; then, on our first leaving port (I don’t see why I should make a secret of the fact that it was Bangkok), a bit of manoeuvring of mine amongst the islands of the Gulf of Siam had given him an unforgettable scare.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058