What is the name of Bangkok?

Answer 1

I am not sure there is a former name for the City of Bangkok but the Thai people call the city Krung Thep which i believe is still in use. The name Krung Thep means the City of Angels.

Bangkok (translating as 'village of wild plums') was the original site for the capital city and was located west of the Chao Phraya River (in modern day In 1782. King Rama I decided to move to a more defensible site and moved across the river to found his new capital, Krung Thep. For whatever reason, foreigners have never since caught up with the name change and the old name of Bangkok has stuck. In recent years, Krung Thep/Bangkok has expanded at such a fast rate that it now sprawls over a huge mass of land on both the sides of the Chao Phraya and has engulfed the once independent Thonburi.

Krung Thep is actually an abbreviated version of the ceremonial full name, which is shown below.

กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์มหินทรายุธยามหาดิลก ภพนพรัตน์ ราชธานีบุรีรมย์อุดมราชนิเวศน์ มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยะ วิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์

In English,this is certified as the longest place name in the world in the Guinness book

of records. It's pronounced something like:

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