kampung

What it means

1. BruneiIndonesiaMalaysiaSingaporeA traditional village.

   Margio seldom saw his mother happy, and often thought of doing things to cheer her up. He would go back to their kampong and look for gifts for her.

   2015, Eka Kurniawan, chapter 4, in Labodalih Sembiring, transl., Man Tiger […], London; New York, N.Y.: Verso, →ISBN, page 107

   1 more example

   They came from solitary huts in the wilderness, from populous campongs, from villages by the sea. At the call of an idea they had left their forests, their clearings, the protection of their rulers, their prosperity, their poverty, the surroundings of their youth and the graves of their fathers.

   1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter II, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, page 14

2. SingaporeA district or suburb where a former village once stood.

   Kampung Tanah Merah.

In a sentence

They came from solitary huts in the wilderness, from populous campongs, from villages by the sea. At the call of an idea they had left their forests, their clearings, the protection of their rulers, their prosperity, their poverty, the surroundings of their youth and the graves of their fathers.

1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter II, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, page 14

Where it comes from

1. Malaykampung“enclosure; quarter of a town occupied by a certain nationality; village”
2. Englishkampung

Borrowed from Malay kampung (“enclosure; quarter of a town occupied by a certain nationality; village”). Doublet of kampang. Cognates * Dutch kampoeng