kampong
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kampong
1835–45; < Malay kampung, kampong grouping or gathering together, especially a village; cf. compound 2
Example Sentences
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Most kampong residents were offered new homes by the government, but Mr Oh was unable to secure a place of his own.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2022
Mr Oh grew up together with his family in Sungei Tengah - a local kampong - or village.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2022
The artist Charles Lim Yi Yong grew up in a kampong, or village, near where work on the airport began in 1975, so his house looked out onto reclaimed land.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2017
He grew interested in the sea because he sailed, and he sailed because he came from a kampong on the coast.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2017
Having described where the canoe was to be found, and arranged that as soon as the inhabitants of the kampong had gone to sleep on the following evening, we should start, he took his departure.
From Mark Seaworth by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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