kampung
- noun
- /kæmˈpʊŋ/
- Many kampungs in the city lack basic infrastructure and essential services.
- squatter kampung
- temporary kampung
- inner-city kampungs
Examples
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The children in the kampung play together in the narrow streets outside their homes.
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Because most kampungs are built around narrow lanes, vehicular traffic other than motorbikes is minimal.
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Still, the quality of life in many kampungs has ameliorated.
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Income levels vary substantially in these diverse kampungs: some people are employed in the service sector; others grow rice.
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Still, most of the inner-city kampungs remain overcrowded by any definition.
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As a result of kampung improvement schemes and increased prosperity, some of the better-located kampungs could be described as predominantly middle class.
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Historically, kampungs constituted a separate village-support system for the largely alien city and were almost always isolated and poor.
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I define a kampung as a mostly unplanned, primarily low-income residential area that has gradually been built and serviced.
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The mostly low-rise, primitive structures in kampungs are jammed together with little or no open space or greenery.
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Population is declining in many inner-city kampungs as a result of commercial intrusions and perhaps voluntary emigration.
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Synonyms
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A traditional village in Malaysia and Indonesia where Malay people live
A small village in Malaysia or Indonesia with traditional houses
How Urban
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kampung is a Malay word meaning 'village' that English speakers in Southeast Asia also use for small, often informal neighbourhoods near a city. So this use of kampung keeps the original sense of a close, village-style community even inside a town.