BANGKOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bangkok mean? 

• BANGKOK (noun)
  The noun BANGKOK has 1 sense:

1. the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture

  Familiarity information: BANGKOK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANGKOK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Bangkok; capital of Thailand; Krung Thep

Instance hypernyms:

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Bangkok" is a part of...):

Kingdom of Thailand; Siam; Thailand (a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula)