Ayutthaya (ceety)
Ayutthaya (full name Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thai: พระนครศรีอยุธยา, Thai pronunciation: [pʰráʔ náʔkʰɔːn sǐː ʔajúttʰajaː]; an aa spelled "Ayudhya") is the caipital o the Ayutthaya province in Thailand. The ceety wis foondit in 1350 bi Keeng U Thong, who went there tae escape a smapox ootbreak in Lop Buri an proclaimed it the caipital o his kinrick, aften referred tae as the Ayutthaya Kinrick or Siam. It is estimatit that Ayutthaya bi the year 1600 CE haed a population o aboot 300,000, wi the population perhaps reachin 1,000,000 aroond 1700 CE, makin it ane o the warld's lairgest ceeties at that time.[1]
In 1767 the ceety wis destroyed bi the Burmese airmy, resultin in the collapse o the kinrick. The ruins o the auld ceety nou form the Ayutthaya historical pairk, which is recognized internaitionally as a UNESCO Warld Heritage Site. The ceety wis refoondit a few kilometers tae the east. The ceety is sometimes cawed "Venice o the East".[2][3]
Etymology[edit]
Ayutthaya is named efter the ceety o Ayodhya in Indie, the birthplace o Rama in the Ramayana (Thai, Ramakien); Phra is a Thai ryal an noble title; Nakhon designates an important or caipital ceety; Thai honorific Sri or Si is frae the Indian term o veneration Sri.
References[edit]
- ↑ George Modelski, World Cities: –3000 to 2000, Washington DC: FAROS 2000, 2003. ISBN 978-0-9676230-1-6. See also Evolutionary World Politics Homepage.
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- ↑ Derick Garnier (2004). Ayutthaya: Venice of the East. River books.
