Khmer Rouge
/ˈkmɛəɹ ˈɹuːʒ/
Khmer Rouge proper noun: a Cambodian communist guerrilla force active from the 1970s to the 1990s under the leadership of Pol Pot.
Proper noun
Khmer Rouge
- A Cambodian communist guerrilla force active from the 1970s to the 1990s under the leadership of Pol Pot.
Khmer Rouge meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Arabic
Khmer Rouge in Hindi
- Cambodian communist guerrilla force
- ख्मेर रूज khmer rūj
Khmer Rouge in Tamil
- கம்பூச்சியப் பொதுவுடைமைப் படைக்குழு
Khmer Rouge in Marathi
- Cambodian communist guerrilla force
- ख्मेर रूझ khmer rūjh
Khmer Rouge in Arabic
- Cambodian communist guerrilla force
- الْخَمِير الْحُمْر al-ḵamīr al-ḥumr
More languagesFewer languages
- Khmer Rouge in Indonesian
- Khmer Merah
- Khmer Rouge in Persian
- خمرهای سرخ xamer-hâ-ye sorx
- Khmer Rouge in Thai
- เขมรแดง kà-měen-dɛɛng
- Khmer Rouge in Vietnamese
- Khơ-me Đỏ
- Khmer Rouge in Myanmar
- ခမာနီ hka.mani
Origin of Khmer Rouge
Unadapted borrowing from French Khmer rouge (“red Khmer”), from Khmer (“Khmer”) + rouge (“red”).
Questions about Khmer Rouge
- What does Khmer Rouge mean?
- Khmer Rouge means a Cambodian communist guerrilla force active from the 1970s to the 1990s under the leadership of Pol Pot.
- What is Khmer Rouge in Hindi?
- Khmer Rouge in Hindi is ख्मेर रूज (khmer rūj). See Khmer Rouge meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Khmer Rouge?
- Khmer Rouge is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Khmer Rouge?
- Khmer Rouge is pronounced /ˈkmɛəɹ ˈɹuːʒ/.
Words near Khmer Rouge in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Khmer Rouge (page history and authors); khmer rouge (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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