Pnom Penh

or Pnom-penh, Pnom·penh

[ nom pen, puh-nawm pen ]

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noun

Pnom Penh

/ ˈnɒm ˈpɛn /

The road to Pnom-Penh, as I have already remarked, leads through a peculiarly lonely and savage region.

Pnom-Penh, the capital of Cambodia, stands on the west bank of the mighty Mekong, one hundred and seventy miles from the sea.

Factories exist near Pnom-Penh for the shelling of cotton-seeds.

All four of them, I found, proposed to accompany me to Pnom-Penh.

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