The golden dome marks the site of Phnom Penh's central market, or Phsar Thom Thmey in the Khmer language. But wait! That first word, Phsar, does not appear to be Khmer at all. It looks like a loan word from the Persian language: bazaar. In one form or another, bazaar is used all over the world for a market place. [2016]
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