ʻO Thailand Keʻena o ka Royal Society (ORST) i kēia lā e hoʻololi ʻia ka inoa Pelekane kūhelu o ke kūlanakauhale nui o ka ʻāina mai Bangkok i Krung Thep Maha Nakhon.
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka inoa o ke kūlanakauhale hou no ka poʻe ʻōlelo Pelekania, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he hōʻemi nui loa ia o ka inoa ʻoihana o ke kapikala Thai.
ʻO ka inoa piha o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo "Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit," ʻo ka unuhi ʻana ʻo "ke Kulanakauhale o nā ʻānela, ke kūlanakauhale nui o nā ola ʻole, ke kūlanakauhale nani o nā hale aliʻi ʻeiwa, ke kūlanakauhale nani o nā hale aliʻi ʻeiwa. ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā akua, i kūkulu ʻia e Vishvakarman ma ke kauoha a Indra.
Ua ʻae ʻia ka hoʻololi e ka ʻaha kuhina politika o ka ʻāina, akā pono e nānā ʻia e ke komite aupuni kūikawā ma mua o ka hoʻokō ʻana.
E like me ka ORST, ua pono ka hoʻololi e hōʻike maikaʻi i ke "kūlana o kēia manawa."
ʻO Krung Thep Maha Nakhon ka inoa o ke kapikala o Thailand ma ka ʻōlelo Thai, aʻo ka inoa Pelekane o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo 'Bangkok' i hoʻohana ʻia mai ka makahiki 2001.
ʻO ka inoa 'Bangkok' i loaʻa mai ke kūlanakauhale kahiko, i kapa ʻia ʻo Bangkok Noi a me Bangkok Yai, aia i kēia manawa kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka megapolis ikaika o 50 o kahi 10.5 miliona mau kānaka.
ʻO ka inoa 'kahiko'Bangkok' e ʻike ʻia nō naʻe, a hoʻohana pū ʻia me ka inoa hou o ka ʻōlelo Pelekane.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The full name of the city is “Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit,” translating as “the City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnates, erected by Vishvakarman at Indra's behest.
- The name ‘Bangkok‘ derives from the old city area, known as Bangkok Noi and Bangkok Yai, which now comprises a tiny part of the 50 district-strong megapolis of some 10.
- Krung Thep Maha Nakhon is the Thailand’s capital's name in the Thai language, while the city's English name ‘Bangkok’.
