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kampong

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English

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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kampong (plural kampongs)

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

Etymology 2

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See kampung.

Noun

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kampong (plural kampongs)

  1. Dated spelling of kampung.
    • 2015, Eka Kurniawan, chapter 4, in Labodalih Sembiring, transl., Man Tiger [], London, New York, N.Y.: Verso, →ISBN, page 107:
      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.
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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay kampung.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kampong m (plural kampongs)

  1. village (a Southeast Asian rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town); [[]]kampong
  2. a quarter in a Southeast Asian city; an Indonesian quarter

Descendants

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  • English: compound

Malay

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Noun

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kampong (Jawi spelling کامڤوڠ)

  1. (1924-1972) Obsolete spelling of kampung.