ADministrative? district names, subdivisions, prefixes Hey! This is just a study page. It is not authoritative.
- บุรี
- นคร These appear to be old city/states
- กรุง Capital Cities. I believe that this is limited to royal seats.
- หมู่บ้าน Lowest Political Subdivision supposedly. It means group of homes.
- บ้าน can mean a single house but is also used as parts of names of villages and tambons as in บ้านไผ่ Its a mistake to make an assumption about a place based on this prefix.
- ดอน appears to mean higher area or hill, but is used in places where this meaning is not obvious. Google translate lists hill and inland as translations
- โพน I am unsure here at all. It might just be a part of several place names, It might not be Thai( likely Lao)
- หนอง swamp or marsh as in หนองบัวลำภู In this case it is a province. But it can also be other smaller political subdivisions, it retains its main meaning, "swamp"
- บึง like หนอง , swamp. Likely a different language origin
- วัด This means Temple and retains its meaning. It could be just a temple, or refer colloquially to the area around the temple, but could also be the amphoe,
- บาง. a settlement, a village, can be a stream บางกอก is the city Bangkok, time to learn to get the vowel right. A friend told me it refers to settlement on higher ground.
- ราชธานี Capital City. I am not sure this is part of any place name other than deep in the long name of Bangkok
- เมือง This is usually translated as "City" often it is refering to the principle city of a province
- หมือง This is a Northern Thai word. It might mean "mine" but appears it can also mean a dug reservoir, I am unsure.
- เขต district of a city, this might only be in Bangkok, I am unsure
- นา this is rice field, but is also sometimes a suffix for a หมู่บ้าน name
- คลอง canal
- ปทุม lotus
- ลาด slope
- สะพาน bridge
- พระ monk
