อุบลราชธานี

Thai
the seal of the province depicting lotuses

Etymology

From อุบล (ù-bon, “lotus”) +‎ ราชธานี (râat-chá-taa-nii, “royal city; capital city; royal residence; etc”, literally “royal abode”); after Prince Pathum (1709—1795), the first ruler of this city as a vassal state of Bangkok, whose name, Pathum (ปทุม), means "lotus"; coined by Rama I of Bangkok in 1793.[1]

Pronunciation
Orthographicอุบลราชธานี
ɒ u ɓ l r ā d͡ʑ dʰ ā n ī
Phonemic
อุ-บน-ราด-ชะ-ทา-นี
ɒ u – ɓ n – r ā ɗ – d͡ʑ a – d ā – n ī
RomanizationPaiboonù-bon-râat-chá-taa-nii
Royal Instituteu-bon-rat-cha-tha-ni
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔu˨˩.bon˧.raːt̚˥˩.t͡ɕʰa˦˥.tʰaː˧.niː˧/(R)

Proper noun

อุบลราชธานี • (ù-bon-râat-chá-taa-nii)

  1. (เมือง~) Ubon Ratchathani (a city in Thailand)
  2. (จังหวัด~) Ubon Ratchathani (a province of Thailand)
  3. (อำเภอเมือง~) Mueang Ubon Ratchathani (a district of Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand)

References
  1. “ทำไมจังหวัดอุบลฯ ลงท้ายด้วย "ราชธานี" ทั้งที่ไม่ใช่เมืองหลวง”, in ศิลปวัฒนธรรม‎ (in Thai), Bangkok: มติชน, 2018 June 14, retrieved 2019-09-12
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