kampuchea in English

noun

former official name of Cambodia (state in Southeast Asia), was part of Indochina and under French rule until 1946

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1. He was elected Deputy General Secretary of the Workers Party of Kampuchea (later renamed as the Communist Party of Kampuchea) in September 1960.

2. Between 1975 and 1977, under Democratic Kampuchea, intellectuals were persecuted.

3. There were no courts, judges, laws or trials in Democratic Kampuchea.

4. Destination Cambodia, a virtual guide to Kampuchea (the local name for the country)

5. These two well-educated women also played a central role in the regime of Democratic Kampuchea.

6. The name "Cambodia" derives from the French Cambodge, which comes from the Khmer word Kâmpuchea, meaning "born of Kambu." During the socialist regimes of Democratic Kampuchea (DK) (1975–1979) and the People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) (1979–1989), the country was known internationally as Kampuchea, but more recent governments have returned to using Cambodia, and …

7. Kampuchea and adjoining countries, with inset of the path of my flight into Thailand

8. During the same month, the communists established the Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea as the military wing of the party.

9. The meeting resulted in the party being renamed as the Workers Party of Kampuchea (WPK).

10. In 1983, the government launched another station, TVK, under the Vietnamese-backed People's Republic of Kampuchea regime.

11. Although the PDK was for the most part isolated from diplomacy, their National Army of Democratic Kampuchea were the largest and most effective armed forces of the CGDK.

12. The Kingdom of Cambodia (ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា ឬ ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា) (sometimes transliterated as Kampuchea to more closely represent the Khmer pronunciation) is a Southeast Asian nation bordered by Vietnam to the east, Laos to the north, Thailand to the northwest, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.