Sihanouk

American

[see-uh-nook] / ˈsi əˌnʊk /

noun

Prince Norodom 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.

Sihanouk British

/ ˈsɪənʊk /

noun

King Norodom (ˌnɒrəˈdɒm). 1922–2012, Cambodian statesman; king of Cambodia (1941–55 and from 1993); prime minister (1955–60), after which he became head of state. He was deposed in 1970 but reinstated (1975–76) following the victory of the Khmer Rouge in the civil war. He was head of state in exile from 1982; returned in 1991 and became monarch in 1993 under a new constitution; abdicated 2004

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Dara was detained after being stopped at a highway toll booth on the border of Koh Kong and Sihanouk province in south-west Cambodia on Monday.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2024

Sihanouk then allied himself with the Cambodian communist group, the Khmer Rouge.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Chinese Ambassador Wang Wentian and Preah Sihanouk provincial Governor Kuoch Chamroeun on Saturday visited some of the 21 survivors found by Cambodian rescuers, the provincial government said.

From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2022

Upon arrival, Kishida and his delegation laid a wreath at the Independence Monument and paid tribute at the Royal Memorial Statue to King Norodom Sihanouk.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2022

Led by Prince Sihanouk, Cambodia, then a French colony, became an independent nation in 1953.

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

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