Khmer
Americannoun
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a member of a people in Cambodia whose ancestors established an empire about the 5th century a.d. and who reached their zenith during the 9th to the 12th centuries when they dominated most of Indochina.
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an Austroasiatic language that is the official language of Cambodia.
noun
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a member of a people of Cambodia, noted for a civilization that flourished from about 800 ad to about 1370, remarkable for its architecture
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the language of this people, belonging to the Mon-Khmer family: the official language of Cambodia
adjective
Other Word Forms
- Khmerian adjective
Example Sentences
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Ticket sales at its world-famous Khmer monuments are down more than half from before the Covid-19 pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Before the scandal came to light, Latchford earned acclaim for books detailing the art of the ancient Khmer Empire, which spanned modern-day Cambodia and much else of Southeast Asia.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
Thailand welcomed Cambodian war refugees to the border area after the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime fell in 1979.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
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
“Do you have anything for me?” he asks, smiling, in broken Khmer.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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