The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromनगर + वाट“city + enclosure”
- Khmer · borrowed fromអង្គរវត្ត“City of Temples”
- English todayAngkor Wat
From Khmer អង្គរវត្ត (ʼɑɑʼɑngkɔɔ vŏət, “City of Temples”), from អង្គរ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkɔɔ, “royal city”) + វត្ត (vŏət, “temple”), from Sanskrit नगर + वाट (nagara + vāṭa, “city + enclosure”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.