User-submitted place name Songkhla

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Type Political Subdivision & Settlement

Usage Thai, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Lao, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish

Scripts สงขลา(Thai) सोंगख्ला(Hindi) ສົງຂາ(Lao) Сонгхла(Tajik)

Pronounced Pron. song-KLA(Thai)

SAWNG-klə(English)

SAWNG-KLA(French)

SONGG-kla(Spanish)

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Meaning & History

From the Malay name سيڠڬورا (Singgora) meaning "city of lions", ultimately from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), which refers to a lion-shaped mountain near the city of Songkhla. This is the name of a province and city in southern Thailand.