Etymology

Banteay Meanchey

Today it means: A province of Cambodia. Capital and largest city: Serei Saophoan. Full definition →

Khmer បន្ទាយមានជ័យ
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  1. Khmer · borrowed fromបន្ទាយមានជ័យ
  2. English todayBanteay Meanchey

From Khmer បន្ទាយមានជ័យ (bɑɑbɑntiəy miəncɨy), literally, “fort of victory”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.