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Phnom Penh

American

[nom pen, puh-nawm pen] / ˈnɒm ˈpɛn, pəˈnɔm ˈpɛn /

Or Pnom Penh,

noun

a city in and the capital of Cambodia, in the S part.

Phnom Penh British

/ ˌpnɒm ˈpɛn /

noun

Official transliteration: Phnum Péhn. the capital of Cambodia, a port in the south at the confluence of the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers: capital of the country since 1865; university (1960). Pop: 1 174 000 (2005 est)

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Like Xu, the sanctioned developer of the Phnom Penh skyscraper, Chen was an émigré from China and a naturalized Cambodian citizen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The freed workers flooded city streets in Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

More than 1,400 Indonesians have left cyberscam networks in Cambodia in the last five days, Jakarta said on Wednesday, after Phnom Penh pledged a fresh crackdown on the illicit trade.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

He later took shelter in a safe house in Phnom Penh, before eventually returning to China.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

It is a common sight in Phnom Penh to see people on side streets sitting in rows on squat stools eating their food.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

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