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luang prabang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
lu-ang pra-bang
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Luang Prabang Province, Laos; the former royal capital.

name

A province in north-central Laos.

name

A former kingdom in Southeast Asia; ruled from the modern city.

Etymology

Borrowed from Lao ຫຼວງພະບາງ (lūang pha bāng).

Inflected Forms

Louangphrabang (alternative) Luang Phabang (alternative)

Questions

What does luang prabang mean?
A city in Luang Prabang Province, Laos; the former royal capital.
Where does luang prabang come from?
Borrowed from Lao ຫຼວງພະບາງ (lūang pha bāng).

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