Champa
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- proper noun
- And champa...
- Champa kingdom
- Champa Street
Examples
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Do you carry Nag Champa here?
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Champa, after the ceremony, His Majesty will go back to Lawo again.
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Dive Yet in the north, known as Anam to the Chinese and Champa in the South.
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Champa.
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An ankh around his neck, a scent of Nag Champa smoke, he said, "Queen sister, mother of the earth, black girl, let me treat you like goddess.
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A friend told me that Sinn Sisamouth was evacuated to Champa Pagoda.
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I am thinking of the Champa kingdom, of its magnificent and glorious structures and temples, which have now been buried or decayed by the Vietnamese invasion.
Academic text (1999) -
Several centuries ago, on their expansion to the south, the Vietnamese conquered the kingdoms of Champa and Funam, destroyed their cultures, and killed many of their innocent citizens.
Academic text (1999) -
Kermit Champa, for instance, does not rule out the possibility of a link between Monet's serial paintings and related philosophical debates, past and contemporary: "While it is not inconceivable that Monet and/or some of his contemporary critical advocates had some rough sense of what was in the air in formal philosophy?
Academic text (2015) -
The kingdom of Champa was known for its vibrant maritime trade along the coast of Vietnam.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Champa comes from the Sanskrit word campā, which means 'fragrant flower'. That name was used by the people called the Cham, so the kingdom's name is like calling a place after a flower.