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Origin of Cambodian
First recorded in 1760–70; Cambodi(a) + -an
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The message gave passengers until 2 p.m. to leave the ship in Sihanoukville, a Cambodian port town known for its gambling and online-scam industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The Thai healthcare company’s earnings could then further improve in 4Q, given Cambodian patient recovery and better operating leverage, the analyst adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Vietnamese and Cambodian authorities have been contacted for comment.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The rest are mounted on the walls and show the bug in places like Battambang and the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, at a restaurant, in a classroom, on a boat and a bridge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Farther away from the meat vendors, fashionable youths with thin Elvis Presley sideburns in bell-bottom pants and corduroy jackets play loud Cambodian pop music from their eight-track tape players.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
On opposite sides of the makeshift barricade, fronted by coils of barbed wire, Cambodians lamented their lost homes and livelihoods as Thailand's military showed off its gains.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
Some 480,000 Cambodians have been uprooted from their homes, and panic over real or just rumoured Thai air strikes has forced many families to move more than once.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
There have always been close links between people in Surin: many Cambodians work there, and Khmer, the Cambodian language, is spoken throughout the region.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
On its website, Prince says it hopes to play an "important role" in Cambodia "through partnerships or direct investments into key industries for the betterment of Cambodians and the local economy".
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
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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