Phnom Penh

American  

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

Or Pnom Penh,

noun

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

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Phnom Penh British  

/ ˌpnɒm ˈpɛn /

noun

1. 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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Phnom Penh

Embassy in Phnom Penh referred questions about any support it is providing to American passengers to the State Department, which didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

About 3,400 people - most of them women - work here on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The rest are mounted on the walls and show the bug in places like Battambang and the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, at a restaurant, in a classroom, on a boat and a bridge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

In Phnom Penh, it seems that the more money you have, the more stairs you have to climb to your home.

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

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