Tonle Bati

proper noun

A small lake about 30 km south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

OriginKhmer ទន្លេបាទី →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A small lake about 30 km south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

    At present, the area of Tonle Bati Lake has shrunk by 40 percent, the local residents said that the shrinking of the area is due to the land reclamation done by powerful people.

    2022 April 8, “Area of Tonle Bati shrinking due to encroachment and land reclamation”, in Khmer Times

Origin

  1. Khmerទន្លេបាទី
  2. EnglishTonle Bati

From Khmer ទន្លេបាទី (tɔɔnleibaatii).

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APA

Tonle Bati. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tonle%20Bati

MLA

“Tonle Bati.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tonle%20Bati. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tonle Bati,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tonle%20Bati.

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