Kampuchea

See also: Kampuchéa

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Khmer កម្ពុជា (kampuciə). Doublet of Cambodia and gamboge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæmpəˈt͡ʃiːə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

Kampuchea

2. (historical) Former name of Cambodia: a country in Southeast Asia, used from 1975 to 1989.

Synonyms

• Cambodia

Translations

former name for Cambodia — see also Cambodia

• Armenian: Կամպուչիա (hy) (Kampučʻia)
• Belarusian: Кампучы́я f (Kampučýja)
• Bulgarian: Кампу́чия f (Kampúčija)
• Czech: Kampučia f
• Danish: Kampuchea n
• Dutch: Kampuchea (nl) n
• Estonian: Kampuchea
• Finnish: Kamputsea (fi)
• French: Kampuchéa (fr) m
• Georgian: კამპუჩია (ḳamṗučia)
• German: Kampuchea n
• Hindi: कम्पूचिया m (kampūciyā)
• Hungarian: Kampucsea
• Irish: An Champúis f, An Champúisia f
• Japanese: カンプチア (Kanpuchia)
• Kalenjin: Kampuchia
• Kamba: Kampuchia
• Kikuyu: Kampuchia
• Korean: 캄푸치아 (Kampuchia)
• Lao: ກຳປູເຈັຽ (kam pū chīa)
• Latvian: Kampučija f
• Luhya: Kampuchia
• Luo: Kampuchia
• Macedonian: Кампучија (mk) f (Kampučija)
• Meru: Kampuchia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kampuchea n

• Polish: Kampucza (pl) f
• Portuguese: Campucheia (pt) m
• Romanian: Kampuchia f
• Russian: Кампучи́я (ru) f (Kampučíja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Кампучија f

  Roman: Kampučija f

• Slovak: Kampučia f
• Slovene: Kampučija f
• Spanish: Kampuchea (es) f
• Swedish: Kampuchea (sv) n
• Turkish: Kampuçya
• Ukrainian: Кампучі́я f (Kampučíja)

See also

• Democratic Kampuchea
• Kampuchea Krom

Swedish

Proper noun

Kampuchea n (genitive Kampucheas)

1. (historical) Kampuchea (former name of Cambodia: a country in Southeast Asia, used from 1975 to 1989)

See also

• Kambodja