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kampong

/ˈkɑmˌpɔŋ/

kampong noun: a landing, a port; a river town.

Noun (1)

kampong (plural kampongs)

  1. (Cambodia) A landing, a port; a river town.
    • Kampong Thom (ខេត្តកំពង់ធំ (khéttâkâmpôngthum)) Kampong Cham (កំពង់ចាម (kɑmpŭəng caam))

Noun (2)

kampong (plural kampongs)

  1. Dated spelling of kampung.
    • Margio seldom saw his mother happy, and often thought of doing things to cheer her up. He would go back to their kampong and look for gifts for her.2015, Eka Kurniawan, chapter 4, in Labodalih Sembiring, transl., Man Tiger […], London; New York, N.Y.: Verso, →ISBN, page 107

Forms of kampong

pluralkampongs

Origin of kampong

Borrowed from Khmer កំពង់ (kɑmpŭəng, “landing, port; river town; waterfront”).

See kampung.

Words formed from kampong

Phrases with kampong

Questions about kampong

What does kampong mean?
Kampong means a landing, a port; a river town.
What part of speech is kampong?
Kampong is a noun.
How do you pronounce kampong?
Kampong is pronounced /ˈkɑmˌpɔŋ/.
What is the plural of kampong?
The plural of kampong is kampongs.

Words near kampong in the dictionary

  1. kampilan
  2. kampilans
  3. Kampmann
  4. Kampmanns
  5. Kampo
  6. kampong
  7. Kampong Cham
  8. Kampong Chhnang
  9. kampong chicken
  10. kampong chickens
  11. Kampong Speu

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