noun
the capital and largest city of Kampuchea
• Syn: ↑Pnom Penh, ↑Cambodian capital
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑national capital
• Part Holonyms: ↑Cambodia, ↑Kingdom of Cambodia, ↑Kampuchea
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adjectivesee pnompenh
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a city in and the capital of Cambodia, in the S part. 400,000.
Also, Pnom Penh, Pnom-penh, Pnompenh.
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[(pə)ˌnäm 'pen]the capital of Cambodia, a port at the junction of the Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers; pop. 920,000. Between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge forced a great many of its inhabitants (then 2.5 million) to leave the city and resettle in the country
Useful english dictionary. 2012.