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Some
information
for
you
guys
about
what
its
name
stands
for:
The
name
Suvarnabhumi
is
Sanskrit
for
'land
of
gold'
(Devanagari:सुवर्णभूमि
IAST:
Suvarṇabhūmi;
Suvarṇa[8]
is
'gold',
Bhūmi[9]
is
'land';
literally
'golden
land').
The
name
was
chosen
by
the
late
King
Bhumibol
Adulyadej
whose
name
includes
Bhūmi,
referring
to
the
Buddhist
golden
kingdom,
thought
to
have
been
to
the
east
of
the
Ganges,
possibly
somewhere
in
Southeast
Asia.
In
Thailand,
government
proclamations
and
national
museums
insist
that
Suvarnabhumi
was
somewhere
on
the
coast
of
the
central
plains,
near
the
ancient
city
of
U
Thong,
which
might
be
the
origin
of
the
Indianised
Dvaravati
culture.[10]
Although
the
claims
have
not
been
substantiated,
the
Thai
government
named
the
new
Bangkok
airport
Suvarnabhumi
Airport,
in
celebration
of
this
tradition.
It
is
one
of
two
international
airports
serving
Bangkok,
Thailand.
The
other
one
is
Don
Mueang
International
Airport,
which
was
the
main
international
airport
from
1924
to
2006
and
transitioned
in
2007
to
become
the
low-cost
airlines
hub
for
Bangkok.[6][7]
Suvarnabhumi
Airport
covers
an
area
of
3,240
ha
(32.4
km2;
8,000
acres),
making
it
one
of
the
biggest
international
airports
in
Southeast
Asia
and
a
regional
hub
for
aviation.
The
airport
is
also
a
major
Cargo
Air
Freight
Hub
(20th
busiest
in
2019),
which
has
a
designated
Airport
Free
Zone,
as
well
as
road
links
to
the
East
Economic
Corridor
(EEC)
on
Motorway
7.
Source:
Wikipedia
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