Where does “Kampuchea Krom” come from?
Kampuchea Krom (English) comes from Khmer កម្ពុជាក្រោម, from Khmer កម្ពុជា, from Pali kamboja, from Sanskrit काम्बोज, from Hindi कम्बोज — Kamboj.
Kampuchea Krom (English): The southern portion of Vietnam that was formerly Cambodian territory
Definitions
- The southern portion of Vietnam that was formerly Cambodian territory
Ancestry of “Kampuchea Krom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | កម្ពុជាក្រោម | Kampuchea Krom, southern portion of Vietnam that was formerly Cambodian territory |
| 2 | Khmer | កម្ពុជា | Kampuchea |
| 3 | Pali | kamboja | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | काम्बोज | born in or coming from Kamboja; a native of... |
| 5 | Hindi | कम्बोज | Kamboj |