gampong

Indonesian

Etymology

From Acehnese gampông, from Proto-Malayic *puŋ (“to collect, gather”). Doublet of kampung. Compare with Khmer កំពង់ (kɑmpŭəng, “landing, port, river town, waterfront”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡampɔŋ]
  • Hyphenation: gam‧pong

Noun

gampong (plural gampong-gampong)

  1. a traditional Aceh village
  2. a traditional Aceh administrative division which is a subdivision of mukim and divided into several dusun or jurong

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