Penh

Penh (Khmer: ពេញ), commonly referred to as Daun Penh (Khmer: ដូនពេញ; literally "Grandmother Penh" or "Old Lady Penh"), was a wealthy woman who is credited as having founded Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, in 1372 AD.[1]

Statue of Lady Penh in Wat Phnom.

Legacy

Her statue can be seen near Wat Phnom.

gollark: I'm sure we can do better than the whole horrible netsplits thing and the tree structure.
gollark: citrons: I have no idea but I assume there is some!
gollark: Ah, it is TS6.
gollark: Fun idea: design a new server to server protocol with lessons from modern distributed systems knowledge.
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