Cambodia

Southeast Asian nation, the name is said to be from Kambu, legendary ancestor of the people. Related: Cambodian.

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type of gum-resin from Southeast Asia, used in Europe as a yellow dye and as a purgative in medicine, 1630, in widely varying spellings, from Modern Latin cambogium, ultimately from the source of the place name Cambodia.

Kampuchea

name taken by Cambodia after the communist takeover in 1975, representing a local pronunciation of the name that came into English as Cambodia. Related: Kampuchean.

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updated on October 10, 2017

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