Kampuchea
Americannoun
noun
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I recently rewatched Robert Plant sing with Rockpile at the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea in 1979.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Penh Yom, 78, survived by hiding her profession, and after the Khmer Rouge-run Democratic Kampuchea fell in 1979, she regrouped with a small troupe of dancers to revive the form.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
The list goes on — Cambodia to Kampuchea, Swaziland to Eswatini, Malaya to Malaysia.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
It later became the Communist Party of Kampuchea, known as the shadowy “Angka,” or Organization, and unveiled publicly only in 1977.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2019
He is the one who will restore Kampuchea to its ancient glory.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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