"The inhabitants of which Asian city call their city Krung Thep, ""the City of Angels""?"
Bangkok established his new capital on the river's eastern bank, the city inherited Ayutthaya's ceremonial name, of which there were many variants, including "Krung Thep Thawarawadi Si Ayutthaya" () and "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Si Ayutthaya" (). Edmund Roberts, visiting the city as envoy of the United States in 1833, noted that the city, since becoming capital, was known as "Sia-Yut'hia", and this is the name used in international treaties of the period. Today, the city is known in Thai as "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" (กรุงเทพมหานคร) or simply as "Krung Thep" (กรุงเทพฯ). Its full ceremonial name, which came into use during
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