Re: "th" sounds in loanwords

Harlan Messinger wrote: 
Peter T. Daniels wrote:

Harlan Messinger wrote:

Peter T. Daniels wrote: 

I considered that, but then I thought I'd remembered seeing a very long
name for the capital of East Timor.

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei?

Ah, Miguel already guessed that. OK, how about Nuku'alofa? Funafuti? Ouagadougou? Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit (aka Bangkok)?

Interesting. I was also thinking of another city whose original, full name is also very long: El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula (aka Los Angeles, aka The City of Angels). Then, when I looked up Krung Thep so I could copy and paste the mouthful above, I learned that Krung Thep also means City of Angels. Is there natural correlation between angels and sesquipedalian municipal nomenclature?
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