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Kampuchea

/kæmpəˈt͡ʃiːə/

Kampuchea proper noun: former name of Cambodia: a country in Southeast Asia, used from 1975 to 1989.

Proper noun

Kampuchea

  1. (historical) Former name of Cambodia: a country in Southeast Asia, used from 1975 to 1989.
    Synonyms:
    Cambodia

Kampuchea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese

Kampuchea in Hindi

former name for Cambodia — see also Cambodia
कम्पूचिया kampūciyā

Kampuchea in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

Kampuchea in Arabic

former name for Cambodia — see also Cambodia
كمبوتشيا

Kampuchea in Vietnamese

former name for Cambodia — see also Cambodia
Campuchia, Cam-pu-chia

Synonyms of Kampuchea

Origin of Kampuchea

Transliteration of Khmer កម្ពុជា (kampuciə). Doublet of Cambodia and gamboge.

Words formed from Kampuchea

Phrases with Kampuchea

Words that rhyme with Kampuchea

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Questions about Kampuchea

What does Kampuchea mean?
Kampuchea means former name of Cambodia: a country in Southeast Asia, used from 1975 to 1989.
What is Kampuchea in Hindi?
Kampuchea in Hindi is कम्पूचिया (kampūciyā). See Kampuchea meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Kampuchea?
Kampuchea is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kampuchea?
Kampuchea is pronounced /kæmpəˈt͡ʃiːə/.

Words near Kampuchea in the dictionary

  1. kamptodromous
  2. kamptozoan
  3. kamptozoans
  4. kamptulicon
  5. kamptulicons
  6. Kampuchea
  7. Kampuchea Krom
  8. Kampuchean
  9. Kampucheans
  10. kampung
  11. kampung spirit

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Kampuchea (page history and authors); Kampuchea (Tamil Wiktionary) (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.

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