kampong

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmˌpɔŋ/, /ˈkæmˌpɔŋ/

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

kampong (plural kampongs)

1. (Cambodia) A landing, a port; a river town.

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

See kampung.

kampong (plural kampongs)

1. Dated spelling of kampung.
   • 2015, Eka Kurniawan, chapter 4, in Labodalih Sembiring, transl., Man Tiger […], London, New York, N.Y.: Verso, →ISBN, page 107:

     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.

• kampong chicken
• kampong spirit
• vertical kampong

Borrowed from Malay kampung.

• IPA^(key): /kɑmˈpɔŋ/

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• Hyphenation: kam‧pong
• Rhymes: -ɔŋ

kampong m (plural kampongs)

1. village (a Southeast Asian rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town); kampung
2. a quarter in a Southeast Asian city; an Indonesian quarter

• → English: compound

kampong (Jawi spelling کامڤوڠ)

1. (1924-1972) obsolete spelling of kampung