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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital and largest city of Cambodia, in the southern part of the country on the Mekong River. Founded in the 1300s, it became the capital of the Khmer after c. 1432 and the capital of Cambodia in 1867.
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- proper noun The
capital city ofCambodia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the capital and largest city of Kampuchea
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Examples
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It hit a record high of two million in 2007, spawning the addition of new hotels and recently, the arrival of a new fleet of metered taxis -- a major event in Phnom Penh, which is filled with motorcycle-drawn "tuk-tuk" pedicabs.
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Foreign cash is pouring in, with some investors calling Phnom Penh "The New Ho Chi Minh City" after the city that's Vietnam's emerging center of consumption.
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I don't think it'd ever occur to me to call Phnom Penh 'Paradise'.
The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow Matt Jenson 2010
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The generally expected outcome as a result of this stand-off is the ego contest scoring against the ruling Viet's puppet in Phnom Penh, which is futile because as we know barbarians have no concept of civilized sportsmanship, their cognitive system is programmed to behave as predators.
KI Media 2010
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A South Korean firm, World City Co. Ltd., was awarded the contract to build the $6 million building in Phnom Penh, which is scheduled for completion by the end of 2010, said Mey Vann, director of financial industry at the Finance Ministry.
KI Media 2009
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Phnom Penh capital is also called Phnom Penh municipality - it is the first destination, located in the south-central Cambodia, There are every tourist will discover the culture, economy, commercial building, historical museums, and parks in his tours of Asia.
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Be Pharum, a representative from the Boeung Kak community in Phnom Penh, which is being evicted to make way for a giant development project, said forced evictions brought "worry and fear" to people.
KI Media 2009
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A South Korean firm, World City Co. Ltd., was awarded the contract to build the $6 million building in Phnom Penh, which is scheduled for completion by the end of 2010, said Mey Vann, director of financial industry at the Finance Ministry.
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Foreign cash is pouring in, with some investors calling Phnom Penh "The New Ho Chi Minh City" after the city that's Vietnam's emerging center of consumption.
ComingAnarchy.com 2008
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Lives with a cousin’s family in Frogtown, works at their restaurant—a Cambodian place called Phnom Penh up on University.
FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010
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