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It turns out that popularity is scary. I don't feel comfortable receiving so much attention from people; perhaps that's because I'm just a kampong boy.
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Meaning of "kampong" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KAMPONG

From Malay.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KAMPONG

kampong  [ˈkæmpɒŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KAMPONG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kampong is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KAMPONG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of kampong in the English dictionary

The definition of kampong in the dictionary is a village.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KAMPONG


campong
ˈkæmpɒŋ
Ping-Pong
ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ
pong
pɒŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KAMPONG

kameez
kamelaukion
Kamensk-Uralski
Kamerad
Kamerlingh-Onnes
Kamerun
Kamet
kami
kamichi
kamik
kamikaze
Kamilaroi
Kamloops trout
Kammerer
kamokamo
Kampala
Kampuchea
Kampuchean
kamseen
kamsin

WORDS THAT END LIKE KAMPONG

aerial pingpong
along
among
beer pong
belong
dong
for a song
gong
Guangdong
hong
Hong Kong
in the wrong
long
mong
ping pong
so long
song
strong
thong
wrong

Synonyms and antonyms of kampong in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kampong» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KAMPONG

Find out the translation of kampong to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kampong from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kampong» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

甘榜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Kampong
570 millions of speakers

English

kampong
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Kampong
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كامبونج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Kampong
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Kampong
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Kampong
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

kampong
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kampung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kampong
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小さな村
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

캄퐁
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kampong
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Kampong
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கம்போங்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काम्पॉन्ग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kampong
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

kampong
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kampong
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Kampong
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Kampong
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Kampong
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kampong
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kampong
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kampong
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kampong

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KAMPONG»

The term «kampong» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.209 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KAMPONG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kampong» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kampong» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kampong

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2 QUOTES WITH «KAMPONG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word kampong.
1
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
We go fish, we also catch fighting fish, looking for birds and it was for kampong people, the paddy field was our the play field for the children.
2
Andrea Hirata
It turns out that popularity is scary. I don't feel comfortable receiving so much attention from people; perhaps that's because I'm just a kampong boy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KAMPONG»

Discover the use of kampong in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kampong and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Kampong Spirit - Gotong Royong: Life in Potong Pasir, 1955 ...
This collection of delightful, real life short stories will take you through Singapore’s history and heritage at a human level.
Josephine Chia, 2013
2
In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life ...
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS.
Hugh Charles Clifford, Sir, Hugh Charles Sir Clifford, 2013
3
Redesigning English: New Texts, New Identities
Figure 1 shows 'Kampong Days 1965', an advertisement for a shopping mall ( Northpoint) in one of Singapore's large government housing estates (Yishun). The House-hunters', in Figure 2, is a lavish, full- colour spread, which guides ...
Sharon Goodman, David Graddol, 1996
4
Cambodia
J. Angkor, B2 Banteay Meanchey, A1,A2 Bassac River, C3, C4 Batdambang City, A2 Batdambang Province, A2, A3, B2 Bay of Kampong Som, A4, B4 Boung Long, D1 Cardamom Mountains, B3, B4 Dangrek Mountains, B1,C1 Elephant ...
Sean Sheehan, Barbara Cooke, 2006
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Reading the Malay World
2 F. Swettenham, 'The Real Malay', A Nocturne and Other Malayan Stories and Sketches (Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1993); H. Clifford, 'The people of the East Coast', In court & kampong: being tales & sketches of native life in the  ...
Rick Hosking, 2010
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Urban Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective
(3) The social capital of the Kampong Bahru community, which could complement the infrastructural and economic model of development are available but obscured. (4) The various the roles and involvement of the state, agencies, and ...
Rajib Shaw, Hari Srinivas, Anshu Sharma, 2009
7
Kampong Thom Province: People from Kampong Thom Province, ...
Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge.
LLC Books, 2010
8
Frommer's Singapore & Malaysia
4 Kampong Life When the stress of modern society gets them down, many Singaporeans look back with longing to the days when life was simple, before the government housing schemes shifted everyone out of their kampongs. Kampongs ...
Jennifer Eveland, 2009
9
Articles on Kampong Chhnang Province, Including: Kampong ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
10
Kampong Speu Province: Basedth District
Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge.
General Books LLC, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KAMPONG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kampong is used in the context of the following news items.
1
My Singapore: Good as gold at 50 | Sunday Life, Lifestyle Features …
We just can't leave Singapore without tasting Violet's well- loved Hainanese Chicken Rice, a Singapore classic made with kampong chicken, ... «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
2
Armored vehicles being transported via the Hai Van Pass, towards …
On Sunday, lawmakers from the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) and the party's supporters will go to Kampong Ra district to inspect ... «Khmer Times, Jul 15»
3
Lao Farmers Devastated by Severe Drought
One woman in Kampong Speu province in southern Cambodia said the drought has dried up many local water resources that people there rely ... «Radio Free Asia, Jul 15»
4
Receive Islamic education only from trusted sources: Mufti …
Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim, who attended prayers at Alkaff Kampong Melayu Mosque (picture) in the morning, said ... «TODAYonline, Jul 15»
5
PA sets up panel to review rules and procedures
Mr Teo is treasurer of Kampong Glam Citizens Consultative Committee (CCC) and Mr Chiang is chairman of Kolam Ayer CCC. They will be ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
6
Crime and Tragedy
KAMPONG CHAM – A man was killed after he drove his minibus into a road divider Thursday morning on National Road 6, road to Siem Reap. «Khmer Times, Jul 15»
7
Home finally rebuilt after Lima crash
... 2015 at Kampong Glam Haipo, Langkawi, during practice in conjunction with LIMA 2015. — Bernama pic PETALING JAYA, July 17 — It will ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
8
Build mateship, not subs
It's true in my kampong and your suburb; it's true in our world. The Australia-Indonesia Bridge School Partnership is a splendid project. It started ... «The Age, Jul 15»
9
Border protest limited by gov't
... Svay Rieng provincial governor to allow 1,500 protesters to march to border markers 202 and 203 in Kampong Ro district's Thnort commune. «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
10
Man killed in garment truck crash
The driver of the empty truck was identified as Chan Kunthear, 27, of Kampong Speu province's Samrong Tong district. A man and a woman on ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Kampong [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/kampong>. Apr 2024 ».
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