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Phnom Penh
or Pnom Penh, Pnom-penh, Pnom·penh
[ nom pen, puh-nawm pen ]
noun
- a city in and the capital of Cambodia, in the S part.
Phnom Penh
/ ˌpnɒm ˈpɛn /
noun
- the capital of Cambodia, a port in the south at the confluence of the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers: capital of the country since 1865; university (1960). Pop: 1 174 000 (2005 est) Official transliterationPhnum Péhn
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Jews—if you are from Phnom Penh, you may not know this—are forbidden to eat leavened bread on Passover.
From The Daily Beast
The signs of such corruption are visible all over Phnom Penh.
From The Daily Beast
Chicagoan Bill Smith discovered Chen three years ago when she was scavenging for survival in Phnom Penh's toxic garbage dumps.
From The Daily Beast
The city dump in Phnom Penh was the foulest 100 acres in Cambodia.
From The Daily Beast
Her mother put her on a plane to Paris to spare her from the genocide spilling up to their doorstep in Phnom Penh.
From The Daily Beast
Within the precincts of the palace at Phnom Penh is a modest building where they still guard the sword of Indra.
From Project Gutenberg
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