kampong

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/ˈkɑmˌpɔŋ//ˈkæmˌpɔŋ/

noun

A landing, a port; a river town.

“Kampong Thom (ខេត្តកំពង់ធំ (khéttâkâmpôngthum))    Kampong Cham (កំពង់ចាម (kɑmpŭəng caam))”

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campong
OriginKhmer កំពង់ →
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Meanings

kampong1

nounkampong (plural kampongs)

plural kampongs

  1. CambodiaA landing, a port; a river town.

    Kampong Thom (ខេត្តកំពង់ធំ (khéttâkâmpôngthum))    Kampong Cham (កំពង់ចាម (kɑmpŭəng caam))

kampong2

nounkampong (plural kampongs)

plural kampongs

  1. Dated spelling of kampung.

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna native malay village

Similar
campong
Broader
villagehamlet

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

kampong · noun

  1. Khmerកំពង់“landing, port; river town; waterfront”
  2. Englishkampong

Borrowed from Khmer កំពង់ (kɑmpŭəng, “landing, port; river town; waterfront”).

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kampong · noun

See kampung.

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APA

kampong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kampong

MLA

“kampong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kampong. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kampong,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kampong.

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