Bangkok

Definitions

1. The capital city of Thailand.
2. A kind of straw hat.
3. The government of Thailand.
   metonymically

Equivalents

Examples

“The Bangkok government indicated real concern⟳ over the developments in Communist China’s Yunnan province. Thai officials were afraid that Sibsongpanna would be a center where pro-Communist Thai in Southeast Asia would go and where subversive agitation could be directed against outside legitimate governments.”

“Temperatures in Bangkok fell as low as 59.3 degrees Fahrenheit (15.2 degrees Celsius) on Monday, the lowest the capital has seen in years, as the country’s weather agency warned cool conditions could persist through mid-February.”

“The difference between the two classifications has always been intended to cover⟳ unblocked and untrimmed hat bodies, such as panamas, bangkoks, and leghorns, and other hats which are woven by the natives in South American and oriental countries where they are produced.”

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