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==Thai==

===Etymology===
From {{compound|th|นคร|t1=[[city]]; [[city-state]]; etc|หลวง|t2=[[great]]; [[royal]]; etc}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{th-pron|นะ-คอน-หฺลวง}}

===Noun===
{{th-noun|head=[[นคร]][[หลวง]]}}

# [[capital city]].
# [[kingdom]]; [[monarchy]].

===Proper noun===
{{th-proper noun|head=[[นคร]][[หลวง]]}}

# {{lb|th|historical}} {{place|th|the last <<capital city>> of the <<empire/{{w|Khmer Empire}}>>, in modern-day <<c/Cambodia>>|t1={{w|Angkor Thom}}}}
# {{lb|th|historical}} [[also known as]] {{th-l|นครหลวงกรุงเทพธนบุรี}}, the [[formal]] [[name]] of [[Bangkok]], {{place|th|a=the|capital city|c/Thailand}}, from 22 [[December]] 1971 on [[which]] the [[province]]s of {{th-l|พระนคร}} and {{th-l|ธนบุรี}} were [[consolidate]]d into [[one]], [[until]] 14 [[December]] 1972 on [[which]] the [[consolidate]]d [[polity]] was [[rename]]d {{th-l|กรุงเทพมหานคร}}.

====Synonyms====
* {{th-l|ยโสธร}}