Angkor

American

[ang-kawr, -kohr] / ˈæŋ kɔr, -koʊr /

noun

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.

Angkor British

/ ˈæŋkɔː /

noun

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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But he was confident tourists would return to Angkor Wat after the fighting ceased.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

In the next gallery, mold fragments and smaller artifacts from a recent excavation at Angkor Thom directly link a bronze foundry to royal residential palaces.

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

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

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

With my hand in Pa’s, we entered the area of Angkor Thom, one of the many temple sites there.

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

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