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PNOM PENH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pnom Penh mean?
• PNOM PENH (noun)
The noun PNOM PENH has 1 sense:
1. the capital and largest city of Kampuchea
Familiarity information: PNOM PENH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Kampuchea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Cambodian capital; Phnom Penh; Pnom Penh
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Pnom Penh" is a part of...):
Cambodia; Kampuchea; Kingdom of Cambodia (a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946)
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