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Cambodia

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kæmˈbəʊdiə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kam bō′dē ə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Cam•bo•di•a  (kam bō′dē ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa republic in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 11,163,861;
    69,866 sq. mi. (180,953 sq. km). Cap.: Phnom Penh. Formerly, People's Republic of Kampuchea, Khmer Republic. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Cambodia /kæmˈbəʊdɪə/ n
  1. a country in SE Asia: became part of French Indochina in 1887; achieved self-government in 1949 and independence in 1953; civil war (1970–74) ended in victory for the Khmer Rouge, who renamed the country Kampuchea (1975) and carried out extreme-radical political and economic reforms resulting in a considerable reduction of the population; Vietnamese forces ousted the Khmer Rouge in 1979 and set up a pro-Vietnamese government who reverted (1981) to the name Cambodia; after Vietnamese withdrawal in 1989 a peace settlement with exiled factions was followed in 1993 by the adoption of a democratic monarchist constitution restoring Prince Sihanouk to the throne. The country contains the central plains of the Mekong River and the Cardamom Mountains in the SW. Official language: Khmer. Religion: Buddhist majority. Currency: riel. Capital: Phnom Penh. Pop: 16 005 373 (2017 est). Area: 181 000 sq km (69 895 sq miles)
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