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Where does “カンプチア” come from?

カンプチア (Japanese) comes from Khmer កម្ពុជា, from Pali kamboja, from Sanskrit काम्बोज, from Hindi कम्बोज — Kamboj.

Ancestry of “カンプチア”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerកម្ពុជា—
2Palikamboja—
3Sanskritकाम्बोजborn in or coming from Kamboja; a native of...
4Hindiकम्बोजKamboj
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