Khmer

[ kmair, kuh-mair ]

/ kmɛər, kəˈmɛər /

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noun

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.

an Austroasiatic language that is the official language of Cambodia.

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Words nearby Khmer

Khirbet Qumran, Khiva, Khlyst, Khmelnitsky, Khmelnytskyi, Khmer, Khmer Republic, Khmer Rouge, Khnum, Khodzhent, Khoikhoi

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How to use Khmer in a sentence

Latchford had 125 works of ancient Khmer art, many allegedly removed from the country’s jungle temples.
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In its 600-year existence, the Khmer civilization built a complex system of waterways to meet Angkor’s needs as well as to protect the city from flooding.
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Indochina, East Timor, the Shah, our brief covert support for the Khmer Rouge.
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The brutal Khmer Rouge regime has left physical and mental scars across Cambodia.
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As one regional newspaper observed, the Khmer Rouge trial has been met with “widespread indifference” in Cambodia.
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It was the first conviction of a Khmer Rouge criminal by the UN-backed commission.
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Yes, there are regimes beyond any conceivable pale—the Khmer in Cambodia in the 1970s being perhaps the best example.
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Good examples from Khmer (Cambodgian) are tmeu “one who walks” and daneu “walking” (verbal noun), both derived from deu “to walk.”
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Cambodian is pronounced Khmer, in the language of the country.
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Still there is no record of anything that can be called Khmer—as opposed to Indian—religion.
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The beginning of the story as related in both the Sanskrit and Khmer texts is interesting but obscure.
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British Dictionary definitions for Khmer

Khmer

/ (kmɛə, kmɜː) /

noun

a member of a people of Cambodia, noted for a civilization that flourished from about 800 ad to about 1370, remarkable for its architecture

the language of this people, belonging to the Mon-Khmer family: the official language of Cambodia

adjective

of or relating to this people or their language

Derived forms of Khmer

Khmerian, adjective

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