Definition of Kampuchean

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Cambodia.

Exact synonyms: Cambodian
Group relationships: Cambodia, Kampuchea, Kingdom Of Cambodia
Generic synonyms: Asian, Asiatic
Specialized synonyms: Khmer
Derivative terms: Cambodian

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language.
Exact synonyms: Cambodian
Partainyms: Cambodia, Cambodia
Derivative terms: Cambodia, Cambodian, Kampuchea

Definition of Kampuchean

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Kampuchea (Cambodia). ¹

2. Noun. A person of Kampuchean (Cambodian) descent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kampuchean

Kamchukchee
Kamchukotic
Kamehameha I
Kamehameha the Great
Kameron
Kamet
Kami
Kamia
Kamilarai
Kamilaroi
Kammon Strait Bridge
Kammryn
Kampala
Kampong
Kampuchea
Kampuchean (current term)
Kampucheans
Kamryn
Kamtschadale
Kamtschadales
Kan
Kan.
Kan River
Kanagawa
Kanak
Kanaks
Kananga
Kanara
Kanarese
Kanawha

Literary usage of Kampuchean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. China's War With Vietnam, 1979: Issues, Decisions, and Implications by King C. Chen (1987)
"In doing so, both the married Kampuchean wives and their children will bear Vietnamese names. "In a few decades, there will be almost only Vietnamese in the ..."

2. Low-Intensity Conflict in the Third World by Stephen Blank, Lewis B. Ware, Air University (U.S.). Press (1988)
"United States interests in the Kampuchean conflict largely derive from the fact ... But the Kampuchean conflict also extends Soviet access to Indochina and ..."

3. International Security Management and the United Nations by Muthiah Alagappa, Takashi Inoguchi (1999)
"A Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Council headed by Heng Samrin was established there the next day. All the cities in Cambodia fell under the control of ..."

4. Africa South of the Sahara: The Challenge to Western Security by Lewis H. Gann, Peter Duignan (1981)
"... to the United States; and sixteen about human rights in Cambodia, where the Kampuchean government had been slaughtering hundreds of thousands of people. ..."

5. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"... and called for immediate and total withdrawal of China's forces from Vietnam, it refused to go along with Russia by recognizing the Kampuchean regime. ..."

6. Europe: Dimensions of Peace by Björn Hettne (1988)
"The Kampuchean issue can hardly develop into such a stumbling bloc that a general war in the area will be unleashed. The military and political involvement ..."

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