Kampuchea
pronunciation
How to pronounce Kampuchea in British English:
UK [kɑ:mˈpu:tʃiə]
How to pronounce Kampuchea in American English:
US [ˌkæmpuˈtʃiə]
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- Noun:
- a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946
Word Origin
- Kampuchea
- name taken by Cambodia after the communist takeover in 1975, representing a local pronunciation of the name that came into English as Cambodia.
Example
- 1. World church service-action for relief and rehabilitation in kampuchea ;
- 2. King sihanouk stepped forward on the side of japan and declared cambodia the new independent state of kampuchea .
- 3. Deng : of the three major obstacles , the main one is vietnamese aggression against kampuchea , because although it is vietnamese armed forces that are pitted against china , the hot spot , the confrontation is actually between china and the soviet union .
- 4. Chinese paddy expert cultivates cross paddy to score a success in kampuchea .
- 5. Deng : he should ask vietnam to withdraw all its troops from kampuchea .