Editing Phnom Penh (section)

==Etymology==
Phnom Penh ({{lit|Penh's hill}}) takes its name from the present [[Wat Phnom]] ({{lit|hill temple}}), or from the ancient [[Funan Kingdom]], which existed from the 1st to the 7th century AD in [[Southeast Asia]] and was  the forerunner of the current [[Cambodian monarchy]]. Legend has it that in 1372, a wealthy widow named [[Penh]] found a [[Aleurites moluccanus|Koki tree]] floating down the [[Tonlé Sap River]] after a storm.<ref name="roughguides.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.roughguides.com/destinations/asia/cambodia/phnom-penh-around/|title=Phnom Penh and around Guide – Cambodia Travel|website=Rough Guides}}</ref> Inside the tree were four bronze [[Buddha]] statues and a stone statue of [[Vishnu]]. Penh ordered villagers to raise the height of the hill northeast of her house and used the Koki wood to build a temple on the hill to house the four Buddha statues, and a shrine for the Vishnu image slightly lower down. The temple became known as Wat Phnom Daun Penh, which is now known as Wat Phnom, a small hill {{convert|27|m}} in height.

Phnom Penh's former official name is '''Krong Chaktomuk Serei Mongkol''' ({{langx|km|ក្រុងចតុមុខសិរីមង្គល}}, lit. "city of [[Brahma]]'s faces"), in its short form as '''Krong Chaktomuk''' ({{lit|city of four faces}}). ''Krong Chaktomuk'' is an abbreviation of the full name, given to it by [[Ponhea Yat|King Ponhea Yat]]: ''Krong Chaktomuk Mongkol Sakal Kampuchea Thipadei Serei Theakreak Bavar Intabat Borei Roat Reach Seima Moha Nokor'' ({{langx|km|ក្រុងចតុមុខមង្គលសកលកម្ពុជាធិបតី សិរីធរបវរ ឥន្ទបត្តបុរី រដ្ឋរាជសីមាមហានគរ}} {{IPA|km|kɾoŋ catomuk mɔŋkɔl sakɑl kampuciətʰəpaɗəj serəj tʰeareaɓɑːʋɑː ʔenteapat ɓorəj rɔətʰariəcsəjmaː mɔhaːnɔkɔː|}}). This loosely translates as "the place of four rivers that gives the happiness and success of the Khmer Kingdom, the highest leader as well as impregnable city of the God [[Indra]] of the great kingdom".<ref>[http://sopheak.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/phnom-penh-full-name/ Sopheak wordpress]</ref>