Phuket

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Type Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island

Usage Thai, Albanian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Lao, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

Scripts ภูเก็ต(Thai) फूकेत(Hindi) ພູເກັດ(Lao)

Pronounced Pron. poo-KEHT(Thai, Spanish)

POO-keht(English)

FUY-KEH(French)

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Other Forms FormsPhooket (Hindi), Phuked (Lao)

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Meaning & History

Derived from Malay bukit meaning "hill". This is the name of an island, province, and city in southern Thailand.