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Angkor Wat

American  
[waht, vaht] / wɑt, vɑt /
Also Angkor Vat

noun

  1. the largest and best preserved Khmer temple in the Angkor complex of ruins.


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“People used to know Cambodia for Angkor Wat and saw us as a great nation,” said Chhay Sinarith, a senior minister in Cambodia’s government in charge of combating cybercrimes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

But he was confident tourists would return to Angkor Wat after the fighting ceased.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

He took the first known photographs of the temple of Angkor Wat, in the country known today as Cambodia.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

You’ll need at least three days to even get a sense of the scale of Angkor Wat, but it will be something you’ll never forget.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2024

It was during our trip to Angkor Wat that I first thought Pa was a god.

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

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