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kampungs

kampungs is the plural of kampung.

Meaning of kampung

Noun

kampung (plural kampungs)

  1. (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) A traditional village.
    • They came from solitary huts in the wilderness, from populous campongs, from villages by the sea. At the call of an idea they had left their forests, their clearings, the protection of their rulers, their prosperity, their poverty, the surroundings of their youth and the graves of their fathers.1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter II, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, page 14
  2. (Singapore) A district or suburb where a former village once stood.
    • Kampung Tanah Merah.

Phrases with kampungs

Questions about kampungs

What is kampungs the plural of?
Kampungs is the plural of kampung.

Words near kampungs in the dictionary

  1. Kampuchea Krom
  2. Kampuchean
  3. Kampucheans
  4. kampung
  5. kampung spirit
  6. kampungs
  7. Kampwirth
  8. kampyle
  9. kampylite
  10. kampyo
  11. Kamran

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