Over dinner I learned that Bangkok is not the native name of, well, the city of Bangkok. According to wikipedia the full ceremonial name of the city is:
Krung-dēvamahānagara amararatanakosindra mahindrayudhyā mahātilakabhava navaratanarājadhānī purīramya utamarājanivēsana mahāsthāna amaravimāna avatārasthitya shakrasdattiya vishnukarmaprasiddhi.
meaning:
"The city of angels, the great city, the eternal jewel city, the impregnable city of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Visnukam"
In comparison, the full name of Los Angeles seems puny:
El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles del Rio de Porciuncula
"The Town of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels on the Porciuncula River"
But, as my pal Marcus pointed out, you can't shorten Bangkok's name down to two letters. Suck it Bangkok.
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