Khmer Rouge

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French Khmer rouge (“red Khmer”), from Khmer (“Khmer”) + rouge (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkmɛəɹ ˈɹuːʒ/, /kəˈmɛəɹ ˈɹuːʒ/

Proper noun

Khmer Rouge

1. A Cambodian communist guerrilla force active from the 1970s to the 1990s under the leadership of Pol Pot.

Translations

Cambodian communist guerrilla force

• Arabic: اَلْخَمِير اَلْحُمْر m pl (al-ḵamīr al-ḥumr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅色高棉／红色高棉 (zh) (Hóngsè Gāomián), 红色高棉 (zh) (Hóngsè gāomián), 赤柬 (Chì Jiǎn)

• Dutch: Rode Khmer pl
• Finnish: punaiset khmerit (fi) pl
• French: Khmers rouges (fr) m pl
• German: Rote Khmer m pl
• Greek: Ερυθροί Χμερ m pl (Erythroí Chmer)
• Hindi: खमेर रूज (khamer rūj)
• Hungarian: Vörös Khmer
• Icelandic: Rauðu Khmerarnir m
• Indonesian: Khmer Merah
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• Italian: Khmer rossi m pl
• Japanese: クメール・ルージュ (Kumēru-rūju)
• Khmer: ខ្មែរក្រហម (khmae krɑhɑɑm)
• Korean: 크메르 루주 (Keumereu ruju)
• Lao: ຂະເໝນ​ແດງ (kha mēn dǣng)
• Mongolian: Улаан Кхмер (Ulaan Kxmer)
• Portuguese: Khmer Vermelho (pt) m
• Russian: Кра́сные кхме́ры m pl (Krásnyje kxméry)
• Spanish: Jemeres rojos m
• Swedish: Röda khmererna pl
• Thai: เขมรแดง (kà-měen dɛɛng)
• Vietnamese: Khmer Đỏ, Khơme Đỏ

See also

• Killing Fields