Angkor

American  

[ang-kawr, -kohr] / ˈæŋ kɔr, -koʊr /

noun

1. a vast assemblage of ruins of the Khmer empire, near the modern city of Siem Reap in NW Cambodia: many elaborately carved and decorated temples, stone statues, gateways, and towers.

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Angkor British  

/ ˈæŋkɔː /

noun

1. a large area of ruins in NW Cambodia, containing Angkor Thom ( tɔːm ), the capital of the former Khmer Empire, and Angkor Wat ( wɒt ), a three-storey temple, which were overgrown with dense jungle from the 14th to 19th centuries

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Example Sentences

An American tourist called Dorothy said she wasn't worried about visiting Angkor as she was clued in to travel logistics and border rules, saying she felt "very safe".

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

The following gallery pushes visitors to imagine the overall effects of bronze across the varied surfaces of Angkor during the apex of Khmer power in the 12th and 13th centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

But by the time the 51-year-old Johnson traveled to Cambodia in 2002 to explore Angkor Wat and other remnants of the Khmer Empire, she was living through a series of disappointments, romantic and otherwise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

The brand new Chinese-built airport terminal at Siem Reap, gateway to the famed temple complex of Angkor Wat, is deserted.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

Covering more than twenty-five miles of temples, Angkor Wat was built by powerful Khmer kings as monuments of self-glorification in the ninth century and completed three hundred years later.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung