Sihanoukville
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A city, the capital of Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
- 2 A province of Cambodia. Capital: Sihanoukville.
- 3 A port in Sihanoukville, Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
Example
More examples"Meanwhile, another cruise ship, the Westerdam, finally docked Thursday in the Cambodian port of Sihanoukville, ending a two-week-long saga that saw the ship being turned away by Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines due to unsubstantiated fears that someone on board had been infected."
Etymology
From Sihanouk + -ville. From Khmer សីហនុ (səyhnuʼ, “Seih-nou”), a Khmer given name. Named after Cambodian king Norodom Sihanouk (1922–2012).