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อยุธยา • ‎(à-yút-tá-yaa)

1. (Hinduism) Ayodhya, an ancient city in India.
2. (historical) Ayutthaya, an ancient kingdom in Thailand.
3. (historical) Thon Buri, an ancient kingdom in Thailand.
4. (historical) Rattanakosin, an ancient kingdom in Thailand.
   • 1826, Burney Treaty:

     สมเด็จบรมนารถบพิตรพระพุทธเจ้าอยู่หัว ณ กรุงเทพมหานครศรีอยุธยา [...]‎

     sǒm-dèt bɔɔ-rom-má-nâat-bɔ-pít prá-pút-tá-jâao-yùu-hǔua ná grung-têep-má-hǎa-ná-kɔɔn sǐi à-yút-tá-yaa

     The powerful Lord who is in possession of every good and every dignity, the God Boodh, who dwells over every head in the City of the Sacred and Great Kingdom of Si-a-yoo-ther-sye [...].
     (literally) His Majesty the Great Saintly Saviour, the Divine Awakened Master over All Heads in the Great Celestial City of Glorious Invincibility [...].

5. (historical) Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand.
6. (colloquial) Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, a province of Thailand.

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