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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

Outside Angkor Wat, tuk-tuk driver Nov Mao said his income had halved since the clashes began.

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

She said several families relocated told Amnesty that they had been living around the Angkor Wat site for generations, and had not wanted to leave their homes.

From Seattle Times Mar. 4, 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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