a tidbit i learnt from an American studying SEAsian studies in Mahidon university, Bangkok is in fact short for:
Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit
which translates to:
The city of angels, the great
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