The History of Phuket Island
Origin of the Name “Phuket” The name Phuket comes from the Malay word bukit, meaning hill. On European maps the island was originally known as Jung Ceylon, a distortion of the Malay word Tanjung Salang, meaning Cape Salang. It was later renamed Thalang after the island’s main town. The island was not known as Phuket […]

