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Kampuchea

American  
[kam-poo-chee-uh] / ˌkæm puˈtʃi ə /

noun

  1. People's Republic of Kampuchea, a former official name of Cambodia.


Kampuchea British  
/ ˌkæmpʊˈtʃɪə /

noun

  1. the name (1976–89) of Cambodia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I recently rewatched Robert Plant sing with Rockpile at the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea in 1979.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Penh Yom, 78, survived by hiding her profession, and after the Khmer Rouge-run Democratic Kampuchea fell in 1979, she regrouped with a small troupe of dancers to revive the form.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

The list goes on — Cambodia to Kampuchea, Swaziland to Eswatini, Malaya to Malaysia.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

It later became the Communist Party of Kampuchea, known as the shadowy “Angka,” or Organization, and unveiled publicly only in 1977.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2019

How fearful she must be now—if she is alive—that the Youns, our enemy, have invaded Kampuchea, and as a result, stopped the Khmer Rouge from killing more Cambodians.

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

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