Word.ws English Dictionary

Angkor Wat

/ˈɑŋ.kɔɹ ˈwɑt/

Angkor Wat proper noun: a complex of temples in Cambodia.

angkor wat: a complex of temples in Cambodia
Image: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Proper noun

Angkor Wat

  1. A complex of temples in Cambodia.

Angkor Wat meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

Angkor Wat in Hindi

Cambodian temple complex
अंगकोर वाट aṅgkor vāṭ

Angkor Wat in Tamil

Cambodian temple complex
அங்கூர் வாட் aṅkūr vāṭ, நகர வாடம் nakara vāṭam

Angkor Wat in Marathi

Cambodian temple complex
आंग्कोर वाट āṅgkor vāṭ

Angkor Wat in Bengali

Cambodian temple complex
আংকর বাট aṅkor baṭ
More languagesFewer languages
Angkor Wat in Sanskrit
वाटनगर vāṭanagara, परमविष्णुलोक paramaviṣṇuloka, वृहद्विष्णुलोक vṛhadviṣṇuloka
Angkor Wat in Arabic
أَنْغْكُور وَات ʔanḡkōr wāt
Angkor Wat in Malay
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat in Indonesian
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat in Thai
นครวัด ná-kɔɔn-wát
Angkor Wat in Vietnamese
Ăng-co Vát

Origin of Angkor Wat

From Khmer អង្គរវត្ត (ʼɑɑʼɑngkɔɔ vŏət, “City of Temples”), from អង្គរ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkɔɔ, “royal city”) + វត្ត (vŏət, “temple”), from Sanskrit नगर + वाट (nagara + vāṭa, “city + enclosure”).

Questions about Angkor Wat

What does Angkor Wat mean?
Angkor Wat means a complex of temples in Cambodia.
What is Angkor Wat in Hindi?
Angkor Wat in Hindi is अंगकोर वाट (aṅgkor vāṭ). See Angkor Wat meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Angkor Wat?
Angkor Wat is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Angkor Wat?
Angkor Wat is pronounced /ˈɑŋ.kɔɹ ˈwɑt/.

Words near Angkor Wat in the dictionary

  1. angkhak
  2. angklung
  3. angklungs
  4. angkong
  5. Angkor
  6. Angkor Wat
  7. Angkorian
  8. Angkorians
  9. Angl.
  10. Anglada
  11. Angladas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Angkor Wat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Angkor Wat.wav.

Cite this entry: “Angkor Wat.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/angkor_wat. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.