Cambodian
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- adjective
- /kæmˈboʊdiən/
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camboyano
- No, the real problem would be to get close to the Cambodian border and back before dark.
- Cambodian refugees
- Cambodian culture
- Cambodian government
Many of them are still monolingual Cambodian speakers after, you know, many years of living in this country.
- Many of them are still monolingual Cambodian speakers after, you know, many years of living in this country.
- We had to bribe a lot of people, from generals to the Cambodian mafia at the brothels, and lots of different people had to be bribed.
Examples
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Why would they want to buy a rare Cambodian gong?
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Our target is the ship The Cambodian Star.
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Ever since I was a small Cambodian child.
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But the Cambodian Republican Army is moving in on them.
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The international dimension of the Cambodian situation ended in 1991 with the Paris Peace Agreement.
Academic text (1998) -
Blagden shows me a picture of his mine-removal team at work in a Cambodian rice field.
Academic text (1996) -
Norodom Sihanouk and the Cambodian people fought for independence in 1953.
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Cambodia's entry into ASEAN in 1999 offers a new arena for Cambodian foreign relations.
Academic text (2002) -
The United Nations started returning 400,000 Cambodian refugees, part of a peace deal with the notorious Khmer Rouge that no one thought possible.
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Norodom Sihanouk and the brave Cambodian people fought for independence in 1953.
Synonyms
Relating to Cambodia, its people or its language
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word Cambodian comes from the country name Cambodia, which itself comes from an old Sanskrit name Kambuja meaning 'land of Kambu', a legendary ancestor. So Cambodian means something 'of or about Cambodia', for example Cambodian food or language.