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Meaning of "Kampuchean" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF KAMPUCHEAN

Kampuchean  [ˌkæmpʊˈtʃɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KAMPUCHEAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kampuchean can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES KAMPUCHEAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kampuchean

Khmer people

Khmer people are the predominant ethnic group in Cambodia, accounting for approximately 90% of the 15.2 million people in the country. They speak the Khmer language, which is part of the larger Austro–Asiatic language family found throughout eastern and central India and Bangladesh, Southeast Asia, southern China and numerous islands in the Indian Ocean. The majority of the Khmer are followers of the Khmer style of Buddhism, a highly syncretic version which blends elements of Theravada Buddhism, Hinduism, animism and ancestor-spirit worship. Significant populations of Khmers reside in adjacent areas of Thailand and the Mekong Delta region of neighboring Vietnam whilst there are over one million Khmers in the Cambodian diaspora living mainly in France, the United States and Australia.

Definition of Kampuchean in the English dictionary

The definition of Kampuchean in the dictionary is of or relating to Kampuchea, a former name for Cambodia, or its inhabitants. Other definition of Kampuchean is a native or inhabitant of Kampuchea.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KAMPUCHEAN


Appalachian
ˌæpəˈleɪtʃɪən
Boeotian
bɪˈəʊʃɪən
Cilician
sɪˈlɪʃɪən
Comanchean
kəˈmæntʃɪən
Galician
ɡəˈlɪʃɪən
Gratian
ˈɡreɪʃɪən
Haitian
ˈheɪʃɪən
Laotian
ˈlaʊʃɪən
Laplacian
ləˈpleɪʃɪən
Lilliputian
ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃɪən
Lusatian
luːˈseɪʃɪən
Mercian
ˈmɜːʃɪən
Nietzschean
ˈniːtʃɪən
Ordovician
ˌɔːdəʊˈvɪʃɪən
periscian
pəˈrɪʃɪən
Priscian
ˈprɪʃɪən
Sarmatian
sɑːˈmeɪʃɪən
Silesian
saɪˈliːʃɪən
Thracian
ˈθreɪʃɪən
Tsimshian
ˈtʃɪmʃɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KAMPUCHEAN

Kamensk-Uralski
Kamerad
Kamerlingh-Onnes
Kamerun
Kamet
kami
kamichi
kamik
kamikaze
Kamilaroi
Kamloops trout
Kammerer
kamokamo
Kampala
kampong
Kampuchea
kamseen
kamsin
Kan.

WORDS THAT END LIKE KAMPUCHEAN

Archean
ditrochean
Gomorrhean
Lethean
Manichean
Morphean
nepenthean
nymphean
Orphean
Promethean
Reithean
Sisyphean

Synonyms and antonyms of Kampuchean in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Kampuchean» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KAMPUCHEAN

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

Translator English - Chinese

柬埔寨语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Kampuchea
570 millions of speakers

English

Kampuchean
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Kampuchean
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكمبودية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кампучийскому
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Kampuchean
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Kampuchean
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cambodgienne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kampuchean
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kampuchean
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カンボジアの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Kampuchean
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kampuchean
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Kampuchea
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Kampuchean
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅंपुचेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kampuchean
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Kampuchean
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kampuczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кампучийского
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Kampuchean
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Καμπότζης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Kampuchean
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kampucheanska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kampuchean
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Kampuchean

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KAMPUCHEAN»

The term «Kampuchean» is normally little used and occupies the 118.639 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Kampuchean
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KAMPUCHEAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Kampuchean» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Kampuchean» 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 Kampuchean

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KAMPUCHEAN»

Discover the use of Kampuchean in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Kampuchean and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The tale of the spiteful spirits: a Kampuchean folk tale
Because a young man will not pass on the stories he is told by an old servant, the spirits of the stories, having nowhere to go, live in a cramped leather bag, where they plan a spiteful revenge for the young man on his wedding day.
Carole Tate, 1991
2
Yearbook of the United Nations. 39. 1985 (1989)
Viet Nam declared that the slanderous contention was intended to cover Thailand's collusion with China against the revival of the Kampuchean people. On 9 January/3) Thailand transmitted a message from its Minister for Foreign Affairs, ...
United Nations. Department of Public Information, 1989
3
Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs
^G A (35), Plen., 44th mtg., para. 121. 21G A (36), Plen., 40th mtg., a.i. 22. adopted: (a) the Declaration on Kampuchea, which included four elements of negotiations for a comprehensive political settlement of the Kampuchean problem, and (b) ...
United Nations, 2005
4
Genocide by Proxy: Cambodian Pawn on a Superpower Chessboard
See Cambodia Kampuchea Inquiry Commission (KIC), 21 Kampuchea Krom, 4, 5 , 9, 10, 14, 16, 19, 41, 42, 195 Kampuchean National United Front for National Salvation (KNUFNS), 26-27, 33, 60, 68 Kampuchean People's National Liberation ...
Michael Haas, 1991
5
India's Foreign Policy
These developments in the Indochina region were viewed with great alarm by the ASEAN, which abandoned its neutral stand and firmly called for the 'immediate and total withdrawal of foreign forces from Kampuchean territory.' From 20-25 ...
‎2009
6
Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia and China's Foreign ...
It was reported that, in restructuring Kampuchean society, a large number of Chinese was driven to the countryside.46 Many were persecuted and some fled the country. A number of Kampuchean Chinese requested the PRC to intervene and ...
Leo Suryadinata, 1978
7
ASEAN and the Security of South-East Asia (Routledge Revivals)
An Appeal for Kampuchean Independence: Jakarta, 21 September 1983 l. The central issue in the Kampuchean problem is the survival of the Kampuchean nation and the restoration of its independence and sovereignty. The total withdrawal ...
Michael Leifer, Professor of International Relations Michael Leifer, 2013
8
A Right Life Or the Education of Sommany Sok: Child Rights, ...
Concern emerged as ex-pat critique of a Kampuchean obsession with Khmer racial and national integrity, a critique of Khmer parenting in the making of properly Kampuchean persons, and a pedagogical imperative of cultivating Kampuchean ...
Karen Lisa Greene, 2007
9
Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia
The People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) was proclaimed on 8 January 1979, the day after Phnom Penh fell to Vietnamese forces acting on behalf of a so- called Kampuchean National United Front for National Salvation (KNUFNS).
Michael Leifer, 2013
10
Genocide in Cambodia: Documents from the Trial of Pol Pot ...
On May 4, 1975, Kampuchean troops landed on Phu Quoc Island, and on May 10 , 1975, they launched attacks from the mainland and from Hon Troc (Way Island) on Vietnam's Tho Chu Island and occupied it. Tho Chu Island lies far south of ...
Howard J. De Nike, John Quigley, Kenneth Robinson, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KAMPUCHEAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Kampuchean is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hun Sen To Take CPP Presidency After Friday Ceremony
... had been a powerful member of the CPP, formerly the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party, along with Hun Sen and Heng Samrin. «VOA Khmer, Jun 15»
2
Chea Sim dead at 82
... the Vietnamese-backed Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, which joined Vietnamese troops in overthrowing the Khmer Rouge ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jun 15»
3
Director embezzled: teachers
... a period of seven years and pocketed a third of a $3-per-head monthly donation provided to 18 senior teachers by NGO Kampuchean Action ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jun 15»
4
Educating Young Women in Rural Cambodia
To help address this situation, the Merali Foundation and The Asia Foundation, working with local partner Kampuchean Action for Primary ... «The Asia Foundation - In Asia, May 15»
5
The Death of Pol Pot
The Kampuchean People's Republic swiftly became a sickening case study in the consequences of ruthlessly pursuing economic and social ... «New Historian, Apr 15»
6
Better Curriculum Can Curb Dropouts, Expert Says
Chea Kosal, country coordinator for the School Dropout Prevention Pilot Program at the development organization Kampuchean Action for ... «VOA Khmer, Mar 15»
7
Khmer Rouge docs shed light on journalists' 1978 visit
... in the report's words – though handlers rebuffed their requests, insisting that “the Kampuchean people still hate the American imperialists a ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Mar 15»
8
After thirty years of Hun Sen, where is Cambodia now?
His political career started with the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation which, with the support of Vietnam, toppled the Khmer ... «East Asia Forum, Mar 15»
9
Former naval commander charged over Kerry Hamill's death
Canadian Stuart Glass was shot dead when "Foxy Lady" was seized by a patrol boat of the Democratic Kampuchean navy. Hamill and British ... «Stuff.co.nz, Mar 15»
10
The rewards of public service in Cambodia
According to Chhay, many top officials made their fortunes when the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party renamed itself the Cambodian ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Feb 15»

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