BKK Redux

[Capt. Fantastic]

Have read that the official-- or whatever-- name of Bangkok is:

<NAME>

Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Witsanukam Prasit

</NAME>

Would anyone care to parse this item? Which word means what, how it relates, that sort of thing?

[nacha]

BKK has the longest city name in the world...
translated to english means this:
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 Vishnukam

or in Thai:
กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยามหาดิลกภพ นพรัตน์ราชธานี บุรีรมย์อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยะวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์

just imagine the size of a sign on a road, if they would write the whole name
so the short version is only กรุงเทพฯ which means Krung Thep

[MrDK]

"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 Vishnukam".

See: Bangkok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Capt. Fantastic]

... You said a mouthful...