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PNOM PENH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pnom Penh mean? 

PNOM PENH (noun)
  The noun PNOM PENH has 1 sense:

1. the capital and largest city of Kampucheaplay

  Familiarity information: PNOM PENH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PNOM PENH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Kampuchea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Cambodian capital; Phnom Penh; Pnom Penh

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Pnom Penh" is a part of...):

Cambodia; Kampuchea; Kingdom of Cambodia (a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946)


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