Phnom Penh
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- proper noun
- /pnɔm pɛn/
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Phnom Penh
- The difference in Phnom Penh was achieved as a result of leadership, political support, managerial skills, and human resources development.
Examples
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The next East Asia meeting is scheduled to be held next month in Phnom Penh.
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The water supply in Phnom Penh provides clean water now to 100 percent of the population, a striking difference from only ten years ago.
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We should go back to Phnom Penh.
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Let's go back to Phnom Penh.
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You should check out the coffee in Phnom Penh, Cambodia if you are ever around.
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After a day or two of self-exploration around Phnom Penh, I decided it was time to take a tour.
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President Obama is attending the East Asian Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm has been arrested in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.
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Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm was arrested by Cambodian police on Thursday in Phnom Penh, the city that he made his home several years ago.
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Sokho Khlok, 44, grew up in Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh.
Synonyms
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A city called Phnom Penh that is the capital and largest city of Cambodia
The capital and largest city of Cambodia
Surface Forms
Morphology
Phnom + Penh
Both constituent forms ('Phnom' and 'Penh') are not English words with accessible meanings for a B1 learner, and the phrase is a toponym whose status as 'capital of Cambodia' is not derivable from its parts. Any literal sense (e.g., Khmer etymology where 'Phnom' = hill) requires knowledge of Khmer, so the meaning is not transparently recoverable by typical learners.
Etymology
The name Phnom Penh may come from a local story: Phnom means 'hill' and Penh was a woman who found sacred statues in a tree and built a small hill and temple to keep them. The town grew around that hill, so the name came to mean the city itself.