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

But he is hopeful tourists will return to the Angkor archaeological park -- home to scores of temple ruins from the Khmer Empire, including the Bayon Temple and top attraction, Angkor Wat.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Outside Angkor Wat, tuk-tuk driver Nov Mao said his income had halved since the clashes began.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

The lotus-filled reservoirs and half-eroded temples of Angkor, capital of the Khmer empire from the ninth through the early 15th century, dominate the global image of Cambodian art.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

He took the first known photographs of the temple of Angkor Wat, in the country known today as Cambodia.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

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