kampong
noun
a small village or community of houses in Malay-speaking lands.
campong
-
a variation of
kampong.
Example Sentences
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No. In a hot country like this I want my men to have good, pure, sparkling well water, and not to be forced to drink croc and campong drainage soup.
From Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris by Steven Spurrier
He studied with an air of affectionate interest the long lane of quaintly colonnaded buildings that edged the city within a city, the Chinese campong.
From The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham
There is neither campong nor sampan upon the river, and it is evident that there is no trade.
From Middy and Ensign by G. D. Rowlandson
There needs no telling how, as soon as the rajah’s ally had gone, the campong settled down to its everyday life, but that life grew more and more new.
From The Rajah of Dah by George Manville Fenn
The Dyak campong, which terminated our progress up the stream, consists of three moderately long houses inhabited by Sibnowans.
From The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Henry Keppel
