Why is Phuket not called Koh
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Re: Why is Phuket not called Koh
Well apparently not, black mark to Richard for his lack on local knowledge on this. It is a conumdrum combrumdun condobum. Hotdigr is cooling the beer as we speak, from tomorrow four weeks and two days to the OAP.
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Re: Why is Phuket not called Koh
General Mackevili wrote:Sooooo, does the island on which Phuket province is located have a name or not?
Phuket Island is IN Phuket province, the 2nd smallest Provence in Thailand
We call it Phuket Or as my brother says Fukit
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Re: Why is Phuket not called Koh
Phu means mountain in Thai.
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Re: Why is Phuket not called Koh
...so you're now conceding it is Koh Phuket???phuketrichard wrote:
Phuket Island
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Re: Why is Phuket not called Koh
Maybe it used to be a peninsula and they kept the name going.
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Re: Why is Phuket not called Koh
You guys are on the ball.
Wikipedia has this to say, "The relatively recent name "Phuket" (of which the digraph ph represents an aspirated p) is apparently derived from the word bukit' in Malay which means "hill", as this is what the island appears like from a distance.
An alternative suggestion is that the name originates from two Thai words, 'phu' (mountain) and 'ket' (jewel), and this is said to be recorded in a Thai chronicle."
Yes, ภูเขา = phu khao; ภูเก็ต = Phu Ket. The first part of each is identical.Phu means mountain in Thai.
Wikipedia has this to say, "The relatively recent name "Phuket" (of which the digraph ph represents an aspirated p) is apparently derived from the word bukit' in Malay which means "hill", as this is what the island appears like from a distance.
An alternative suggestion is that the name originates from two Thai words, 'phu' (mountain) and 'ket' (jewel), and this is said to be recorded in a Thai chronicle."
Wikipedia goes on to say, "Phuket was formerly known as Thalang (ถลาง Tha-Laang), derived from the old Malay "telong", which means "cape". The northern district of the province, which was the location of the old capital, still uses this name. In Western sources and navigation charts, it was known as Jung Ceylon (a corruption of the Malay Tanjung Salang, "Cape Salang")"Maybe it used to be a peninsula and they kept the name going.
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Re: Why is Phuket not called Koh
New? i was drinking there regularly for the few months before i leftUsername Taken wrote:Yeah, you guys should meet up at Hotdigr's new place.
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