kampong

or cam·pong

[ kahm-pawng, -pong, kahm-pawng, -pong ]

noun

a small village or community of houses in Malay-speaking lands.

Origin of kampong

1835–45; <Malay kampung, kamponggrouping or gathering together, especially a village;cf. compound²

Words Nearby kampong

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How to use kampong in a sentence

And so I laughed again when I heard of a small outbreak in kampong Raja.
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There are suggestions of a perkara with a woman, in the kampong, of jealousy.
Old People and the Things That Pass | Louis Couperus
The people of the village feasted abundantly— Jenoh-lah di-makan orang kampong itu.
A Manual of the Malay language | William Edward Maxwell
The headman of the village received him— Di-sambut-kan-nia kapala kampong.
A Manual of the Malay language | William Edward Maxwell
There they stood, mystified at seeing white men in the village kampong.
Flash-lights from the Seven Seas | William L. Stidger

The compound in which the victims of "Chinese slavery" languished is the Malay kampong, an enclosure.
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British Dictionary definitions for kampong

kampong

/ (ˈkæmpɒŋ, kæmˈpɒŋ) /

noun

(in Malaysia) a village

Origin of kampong

C19: from Malay

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