What Does Bangkok Mean?

Bangkok (Krungthep) as the capital city of Thailand is recorded to be among the longest place names in the world- in Thai, of course. But the transliteration of the original name of the city makes it so.

The original name is:
Krungthepmahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudya
mahadiloponoparatanarajthaniburiromudomrajniwes
mahasatarnamornpimarnavatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphrasit

When in Thailand, one often hears Krungthep and not Bangkok, among the natives. I just later realized the symbol (the sign that looks like "7") attached after Krungthep which means that it was cut short or that there is something following the word. It can be deduced therefore that the next words to Krungthep are: mahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudya
mahadiloponoparatanarajthaniburiromudomrajniwesmahasatar
namornpimarnavatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphrasit

The translated meaning of the full name is given below:

The land of angels, the great city of

immortality, various of devine gems,

the great angelic land unconquerable,

land of nine noble gems, the royal city, the pleasant capital,

place of the grand royal palace,

forever land of angels and reincarnated spirits,

predestined and created by the highest devas.

Attribution: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/name.html