Which fruit gave it's name to Thailand's capital city?

The town of Bangkok(喔氞覆喔囙竵喔竵) began as a small trading center and port community on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River serving the Ayutthaya Kingdom, the precursor of modern Thailand which existed from 1350 to 1767.

It is believed that the town's name derived from either Bang Makok, bang being the Central Thai name for towns or villages situated on the bank of a river, and makok (喔∴赴喔佮腑喔? being the Thai name of either Spondias pinnata, Spondias mombin or Elaeocarpus hygrophilus (plants producing olive-like fruits), or Bang Koh, koh meaning "island," a reference to the area's landscape which was carved by rivers and canals.

I don麓t know.

there is no fruit in the name of krungthepmahanakon
what are you thinking of?

The Big Mango.

mango,the big mango!

Durian? MungKud (or Mangosteen)? Banana?

the fruit is OLIVE.. Bang means village and kok means olive /wild plum type fuit...

Makork

There was a lot of this fruit in that area before it became the capital and people used to call it "Baang Kork"
Thus the name "Bangkok"

I was born there

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