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Definition of Pnom Penh

1. Noun. The capital and largest city of Kampuchea.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pnom Penh

Literary usage of Pnom Penh

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Further India: Being the Story of Exploration from the Earliest Times in by Hugh Charles Clifford (1904)
"... FROM Pnom Penh TO UBON IT was only on July 7,1866, that the de Lagree-Garnier expedition at last began its ascent of the Mekong River from Pnom Penh. ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1902)
"Pnom-Penh, the capital, has 50000 inhabitants. King Norodom is the nominal ruler, but French administrators carry on the Government. ..."

3. Where the Strange Trails Go Down by Edward Alexander Powell (1921)
"CHAPTER XI TO PNOM-PENH BY THE JUNGLE TRAIL INDO-CHINA is a great bay-window bulging from the southeastern corner of Asia, its casements opening on the ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"Above Pnom-Penh is a north-north-west outlet for the surcharge of the Great ... Lines of steamers connect Pnom- Penh with Saigon twice a week on one side, ..."

5. In the Lands of the Sun: Notes and Memories of a Tour in the East by Wilhelm (1915)
"... IX SAIGON AND Pnom Penh THIS time the Gulf of Siam showed itself more gracious, and without further agitation we ran, on the morning of the third day, ..."

6. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1888)
"Above Pnom-Penh is a north-north-west outlet for the surcharge of the Great River, ... At Pnom- Penh is a large school with two French professors ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Factories exist near Pnom-Penh for the shelling of cotton-seeds. ... With the exception of the highway from Pnom-Penh (gv) the capital, to Kampot, ..."

8. Further India: Being the Story of Exploration from the Earliest Times in by Hugh Charles Clifford (1904)
"... FROM Pnom Penh TO UBON IT was only on July 7,1866, that the de Lagree-Garnier expedition at last began its ascent of the Mekong River from Pnom Penh. ..."

9. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1902)
"Pnom-Penh, the capital, has 50000 inhabitants. King Norodom is the nominal ruler, but French administrators carry on the Government. ..."

10. Where the Strange Trails Go Down by Edward Alexander Powell (1921)
"CHAPTER XI TO PNOM-PENH BY THE JUNGLE TRAIL INDO-CHINA is a great bay-window bulging from the southeastern corner of Asia, its casements opening on the ..."

11. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"Above Pnom-Penh is a north-north-west outlet for the surcharge of the Great ... Lines of steamers connect Pnom- Penh with Saigon twice a week on one side, ..."

12. In the Lands of the Sun: Notes and Memories of a Tour in the East by Wilhelm (1915)
"... IX SAIGON AND Pnom Penh THIS time the Gulf of Siam showed itself more gracious, and without further agitation we ran, on the morning of the third day, ..."

13. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1888)
"Above Pnom-Penh is a north-north-west outlet for the surcharge of the Great River, ... At Pnom- Penh is a large school with two French professors ..."

14. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Factories exist near Pnom-Penh for the shelling of cotton-seeds. ... With the exception of the highway from Pnom-Penh (gv) the capital, to Kampot, ..."

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