Cambodia, the Glossary
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511 relations: A cappella, Ad libitum, Adoption of Chinese literary culture, Agriculture in Cambodia, Amnesty International, Amputation, Angkor, Angkor Wat, Animism, Annamite Range, Antonio Pigafetta, Apotropaic magic, Apsara, ASEAN, Asian Development Bank, Austroasiatic languages, Austronesian languages, Austronesian peoples, Authoritarianism, Avalokiteśvara, Avoirdupois, Ayai, Ayutthaya Kingdom, Baguette, Baksei Chamkrong, Banlung Municipality, Banteay Meanchey province, Bassac River, Battambang, Battambang Municipality, Battambang province, Bayon, BBC News, Beef ball, Belt and Road Initiative, Bicameralism, Biodiversity, Black pepper, Bodhisattva, Bokator, Bokor Hill Station, Bolero, Bon Om Touk, Botum Sakor National Park, Buddhism, Buddhism in Cambodia, Bulk carrier, Bun Rany, Cambodia at the 1956 Summer Olympics, Cambodia national football team, ... Expand index (461 more) »
- 1953 establishments in Asia
- 1993 establishments in Asia
- 802 establishments
- Buddhist states
- Kingdoms
- Least developed countries
- Member states of ASEAN
- Southeast Asian countries
- States and territories established in 1953
- States and territories established in 1993
- States and territories established in the 800s
A cappella
Music performed a cappella, less commonly spelled a capella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.
Ad libitum
In music and other performing arts, the phrase ad libitum (from Latin for 'at one's pleasure' or 'as you desire'), often shortened to "ad lib" (as an adjective or adverb) or "ad-lib" (as a verb or noun), refers to various forms of improvisation.
Adoption of Chinese literary culture
Chinese writing, culture and institutions were imported as a whole by Vietnam, Korea, Japan and other neighbouring states over an extended period.
See Cambodia and Adoption of Chinese literary culture
Agriculture in Cambodia
Agriculture accounts for 22 percent of Cambodia’s GDP, and employs about 3 million people.
See Cambodia and Agriculture in Cambodia
Amnesty International
Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.
See Cambodia and Amnesty International
Amputation
Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery.
Angkor
Angkor (អង្គរ, 'Capital city'), also known as Yasodharapura (យសោធរបុរៈ; यशोधरपुर),Headly, Robert K.; Chhor, Kylin; Lim, Lam Kheng; Kheang, Lim Hak; Chun, Chen.
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat (អង្គរវត្ត, "City/Capital of Temples") is a Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia.
Animism
Animism (from meaning 'breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
Annamite Range
The Annamite Range or the Annamese Mountains (Chaîne annamitique; ພູ ຫລວງ Phou Luang; Dãy (núi) Trường Sơn) is a major mountain range of eastern Indochina, extending approximately through Laos, Vietnam, and a small area in northeast Cambodia.
See Cambodia and Annamite Range
Antonio Pigafetta
Antonio Pigafetta (– c. 1531) was a Venetian scholar and explorer.
See Cambodia and Antonio Pigafetta
Apotropaic magic
Apotropaic magic or protective magic is a type of magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as in deflecting misfortune or averting the evil eye.
See Cambodia and Apotropaic magic
Apsara
Apsaras (अप्सरा,, Akcharā Khmer: អប្សរា Thai:นางอัปสร) are a member of a class of celestial beings in Hindu and Buddhist culture They were originally a type of female spirit of the clouds and waters, but, later play the role of a "nymph" or "fairy".
ASEAN
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, is a political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia. Cambodia and ASEAN are southeast Asian countries.
Asian Development Bank
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila 1550, Philippines.
See Cambodia and Asian Development Bank
Austroasiatic languages
The Austroasiatic languages are a large language family spoken throughout Mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia.
See Cambodia and Austroasiatic languages
Austronesian languages
The Austronesian languages are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples).
See Cambodia and Austronesian languages
Austronesian peoples
The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, Island Melanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar that speak Austronesian languages.
See Cambodia and Austronesian peoples
Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law.
See Cambodia and Authoritarianism
Avalokiteśvara
In Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara (meaning "God looking down (upon the world)", IPA), also known as Lokeśvara ("Lord of the World") and Chenrezig (in Tibetan), is a tenth-level bodhisattva associated with great compassion (mahakaruṇā).
See Cambodia and Avalokiteśvara
Avoirdupois
Avoirdupois (abbreviated avdp.) is a measurement system of weights that uses pounds and ounces as units.
Ayai
Ayai (អាយ៉ៃខ្មែរ) is one of the four main musical styles of Khmer traditional culture, along with pinpeat, mahori, and phleng khmer.
Ayutthaya Kingdom
The Ayutthaya Kingdom (อยุธยา,, IAST: or) or the Empire of Ayutthaya was a Mon and later Siamese kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 to 1767, centered around the city of Ayutthaya, in Siam, or present-day Thailand.
See Cambodia and Ayutthaya Kingdom
Baguette
A baguette is a long, thin type of bread of French origin that is commonly made from basic lean dough (the dough, not the shape, is defined by French law).
Baksei Chamkrong
Baksei Chamkrong (also spelled Baksey Chamkrong, បក្សីចាំក្រុង) is a legendary monarch of Cambodia, whose life and rule are known from the Cambodian Royal Chronicles.
See Cambodia and Baksei Chamkrong
Banlung Municipality
Banlung municipality (ក្រុងបានលុង) is a municipality (krong) in Ratanakiri province, northeast of Cambodia.
See Cambodia and Banlung Municipality
Banteay Meanchey province
Banteay Meanchey (translit) is a province of Cambodia located in the far northwest.
See Cambodia and Banteay Meanchey province
Bassac River
The Bassac River (ទន្លេបាសាក់; Tonlé Bassac) or Hậu River (Sông Hậu 瀧後 or Hậu Giang 後江) is a distributary of the Tonlé Sap and Mekong River.
Battambang
Battambang (បាត់ដំបង, UNGEGN) is the capital of Battambang Province and the third largest city in Cambodia.
Battambang Municipality
Battambang municipality (ក្រុងបាត់ដំបង; Krong Battambang) is a municipality (krong) of Battambang province, in north-western Cambodia.
See Cambodia and Battambang Municipality
Battambang province
Battambang (បាត់ដំបង) is a province of Cambodia in the far northwest of the country.
See Cambodia and Battambang province
Bayon
The Bayon (ប្រាសាទបាយ័ន, Prasat Bayoăn) (BAI-on) is a richly decorated Khmer temple related to Buddhism at Angkor in Cambodia.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Beef ball
Beef ball is a common food in Cantonese and overseas Chinese communities and originated from the Teochew people.
Belt and Road Initiative
--> The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI or B&R), known in China as the One Belt One Road and sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road, is a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the Chinese government in 2013 to invest in more than 150 countries and international organizations.
See Cambodia and Belt and Road Initiative
Bicameralism
Bicameralism is a type of legislature that is divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature.
Biodiversity
Biodiversity (or biological diversity) is the variety and variability of life on Earth.
Black pepper
Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit (the peppercorn), which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.
Bodhisattva
In Buddhism, a bodhisattva (English:; translit) or bodhisatva is a person who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood.
Bokator
Bokator (ល្បុក្កតោ, lbŏkkâtaô) or Kun L'Bokator (គុនល្បុក្កតោ, kun lbŏkkâtaô) is an ancient Cambodian battlefield martial art.
Bokor Hill Station
Bokor Hill Station (ស្ថានីយភ្នំបូកគោ,; Station d'altitude de Bokor) refers to a collection of French colonial buildings constructed as a temperate mountain luxury resort and retreat for colonial residents in the early 1920s atop Bokor Mountain in Preah Monivong National Park, about west of Kampot in southern Cambodia.
See Cambodia and Bokor Hill Station
Bolero
Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition.
Bon Om Touk
Bon Om Touk (បុណ្យអុំទូក, Bŏn Om Tuk, lit. "Boat Racing Festival"), also known as the Cambodian Water Festival, is celebrated in late October or early November, often corresponding with the lunar Mid-Autumn Festival.
Botum Sakor National Park
Botum Sakor National Park is the largest national park of Cambodia.
See Cambodia and Botum Sakor National Park
Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Buddhism in Cambodia
Buddhism in Cambodia or Khmer Buddhism (ព្រះពុទ្ធសាសនានៅកម្ពុជា, UNGEGN) has existed since at least the 5th century.
See Cambodia and Buddhism in Cambodia
Bulk carrier
A bulk carrier or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo—such as grain, coal, ore, steel coils, and cement—in its cargo holds.
Bun Rany
Bun Rany (ប៊ុន រ៉ានី, UNGEGN:; born 15 December 1954) is the spouse of the former Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen.
Cambodia at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Cambodia competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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The Cambodia national association football team is the men's national football team that represents Cambodia in association football.
See Cambodia and Cambodia national football team
Cambodia National Rescue Party
The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP; គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC) was a major political party in Cambodia.
See Cambodia and Cambodia National Rescue Party
Cambodia–China relations
The bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the People's Republic of China have strengthened considerably after the end of the Cambodian–Vietnamese War, during which China had supported the Khmer Rouge against Vietnam.
See Cambodia and Cambodia–China relations
Cambodian campaign
The Cambodian campaign (also known as the Cambodian incursion and the Cambodian liberation) was a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia in mid-1970 by South Vietnam and the United States as an expansion of the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War.
See Cambodia and Cambodian campaign
Cambodian Civil War
The Cambodian Civil War (សង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិលកម្ពុជា, UNGEGN) was a civil war in Cambodia fought between the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (known as the Khmer Rouge, supported by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong) against the government forces of the Kingdom of Cambodia and, after October 1970, the Khmer Republic, which had succeeded the kingdom (both supported by the United States and South Vietnam).
See Cambodia and Cambodian Civil War
Cambodian cuisine
Cambodian cuisine combines the culinary traditions of many different ethnic groups in Cambodia, an important subset of which is Khmer cuisine, the nearly-two-thousand-year-old culinary tradition of the majority Khmer people.
See Cambodia and Cambodian cuisine
Cambodian genocide
The Cambodian genocide was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot.
See Cambodia and Cambodian genocide
Cambodian New Year
Cambodian New Year (or Khmer New Year; បុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំខ្មែរ), also known as Choul Chnam Thmey (ចូលឆ្នាំថ្មី, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC), Moha Sangkran (មហាសង្ក្រាន្ត, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC) or Sangkran, is the traditional celebration of the solar new year in Cambodia.
See Cambodia and Cambodian New Year
Cambodian People's Party
The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) is a Cambodian political party which has ruled the country since 1979.
See Cambodia and Cambodian People's Party
Cambodian riel
The riel (riĕl; sign: ៛; code: KHR) is the currency of Cambodia.
See Cambodia and Cambodian riel
Cambodian–Thai border dispute
The Cambodian–Thai border dispute (Khmer–Thai border dispute) began in June 2008 as part of a century-long dispute between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand involving the area surrounding the 11th-century Preah Vihear Temple, in the Dângrêk Mountains between Choam Khsant District, Preah Vihear Province of northern Cambodia and the Kantharalak District, Sisaket Province of northeastern Thailand.
See Cambodia and Cambodian–Thai border dispute
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
The Cambodian–Vietnamese War was an armed conflict between Democratic Kampuchea, controlled by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
See Cambodia and Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Candlelight Party
The Candlelight Party (គណបក្សភ្លើងទៀន, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC) is a liberal party in Cambodia.
See Cambodia and Candlelight Party
Carbon-14
Carbon-14, C-14, or radiocarbon, is a radioactive isotope of carbon with an atomic nucleus containing 6 protons and 8 neutrons.
Cardamom Mountains
The Cardamom Mountains (ជួរភ្នំក្រវាញ, Chuŏr Phnum Krâvanh; ทิวเขาบรรทัด, Thio Khao Banthat), or the Krâvanh Mountains, is a mountain range in the southwest part of Cambodia and Eastern Thailand.
See Cambodia and Cardamom Mountains
Cardamom Mountains rain forests
The Cardamom Mountains rain forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in Southeast Asia, as identified by the WWF.
See Cambodia and Cardamom Mountains rain forests
Cassava
Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc,--> or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes.
Catholic Church in Cambodia
The Catholic Church in Cambodia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
See Cambodia and Catholic Church in Cambodia
Central Indochina dry forests
The Central Indochina dry forests are a large tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests ecoregion in Southeast Asia.
See Cambodia and Central Indochina dry forests
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.
See Cambodia and Central Intelligence Agency
Cha-cha-cha (dance)
The cha-cha-cha (also called cha-cha), is a dance of Cuban origin.
See Cambodia and Cha-cha-cha (dance)
Champa
Champa (Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ; ចាម្ប៉ា; Chiêm Thành 占城 or Chăm Pa 占婆) was a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is present-day central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd century CE until 1832.
Chams
The Chams (Cham: ꨌꩌ, Čaṃ), or Champa people (Cham:, Urang Campa; Người Chăm or Người Chàm; ជនជាតិចាម), are an Austronesian ethnic group in Southeast Asia as well as an indigenous people of central Vietnam.
Chay Saing Yun
Chay Saing Yun is a Cambodian politician.
See Cambodia and Chay Saing Yun
Chbar Mon Municipality
Chbar Mon Municipality (ក្រុងច្បារមន) is a municipality (krong) located in Kampong Speu province in central Cambodia.
See Cambodia and Chbar Mon Municipality
Chenla
Chenla or Zhenla (ចេនឡា, Chénla; Chân Lạp) is the Chinese designation for the successor polity of the kingdom of Funan preceding the Khmer Empire that existed from around the late 6th to the early 9th century in Indochina.
Chester B. Bowles
Chester Bliss Bowles (April 5, 1901 – May 25, 1986) was an American diplomat and ambassador, governor of Connecticut, congressman and co-founder of a major advertising agency, Benton & Bowles, now part of Publicis Groupe.
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Chey Chettha II
Chey Chettha II (ជ័យជេដ្ឋាទី២, 1576–1628) was a king of Cambodia who reigned from Oudong, about northwest of modern-day Phnom Penh, from 1618 to 1628.
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Child labour in Cambodia
Child labour refers to the full-time employment of children under a minimum legal age.
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Chinese Cambodians
Chinese Cambodians (or Sino-Khmers) are Cambodian citizens of Chinese ancestry or Chinese of full or partial Khmer ancestry.
See Cambodia and Chinese Cambodians
Chinese folk religion
Chinese folk religion, also known as Chinese popular religion, comprehends a range of traditional religious practices of Han Chinese, including the Chinese diaspora.
See Cambodia and Chinese folk religion
Circle dance
Circle dance, or chain dance, is a style of social dance done in a circle, semicircle or a curved line to musical accompaniment, such as rhythm instruments and singing, and is a type of dance where anyone can join in without the need of partners.
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.
See Cambodia and Civil engineering
Climate change in Cambodia
Cambodia is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
See Cambodia and Climate change in Cambodia
Climate change vulnerability
Climate change vulnerability is a concept that describes how strongly people or ecosystems are likely to be affected by climate change.
See Cambodia and Climate change vulnerability
CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
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Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
The Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK; រដ្ឋាភិបាលចំរុះកម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ, Roathaphibal Chamroh Kampuchea Pracheathipatai), renamed in 1990 to the National Government of Cambodia (NGC; រដ្ឋាភិបាលជាតិនៃកម្ពុជា, Roathaphibal Cheat Ney Kampuchea), was a coalition government in exile composed of three Cambodian political factions, namely Prince Norodom Sihanouk's FUNCINPEC party, the Party of Democratic Kampuchea (PDK; often referred to as the Khmer Rouge) and the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) formed in 1982, broadening the de facto deposed Democratic Kampuchea regime.
See Cambodia and Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
Coconut milk
Coconut milk is an opaque, milky-white liquid extracted from the grated pulp of mature coconuts.
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Commander-in-chief
A commander-in-chief or supreme commander is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch.
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Commune Council (Cambodia)
There are 1,646 communes (khums/sangkats) in Cambodia.
See Cambodia and Commune Council (Cambodia)
Communist Party of Kampuchea
The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), also known as the Khmer Communist Party,.
See Cambodia and Communist Party of Kampuchea
Confucianism
Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy (humanistic or rationalistic), religion, theory of government, or way of life.
Constituent Assembly of Cambodia
The Cambodian Constituent Assembly (សភារដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញកម្ពុជា) was a body elected in 1993 to draft a constitution for Cambodia as provided in the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements.
See Cambodia and Constituent Assembly of Cambodia
Constitutional monarchy
Constitutional monarchy, also known as limited monarchy, parliamentary monarchy or democratic monarchy, is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in making decisions.
See Cambodia and Constitutional monarchy
Corruption
Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted in a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain.
Corruption in Cambodia
Examples of areas where Cambodians encounter corrupt practices in their everyday lives include obtaining medical services, dealing with alleged traffic violations, and pursuing fair court verdicts.
See Cambodia and Corruption in Cambodia
COVID-19 lockdowns
During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of non-pharmaceutical interventions, particularly lockdowns (encompassing stay-at-home orders, curfews, quarantines, cordons sanitaires and similar societal restrictions), were implemented in numerous countries and territories around the world.
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COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
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Craft beer
Craft beer is a beer that has been made by craft breweries, which typically produce smaller amounts of beer, than larger "macro" breweries, and are often independently owned.
Crimes against humanity
Crimes against humanity are certain serious crimes committed as part of a large-scale attack against civilians.
See Cambodia and Crimes against humanity
Culture of France
The culture of France has been shaped by geography, by historical events, and by foreign and internal forces and groups.
See Cambodia and Culture of France
Cycle rickshaw
The cycle rickshaw is a small-scale local means of transport.
See Cambodia and Cycle rickshaw
Cymbopogon
Cymbopogon, also known as lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, oily heads, Cochin grass, Malabar grass, citronella grass or fever grass, is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and tropical island plants in the grass family.
David P. Chandler
David Porter Chandler (born 1933) is an American historian and academic who is regarded as one of the foremost western scholars of Cambodia's modern history.
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Dâmrei Mountains
The Dâmrei Mountains (literally the "Elephant Mountains", ភ្នំដំរី., Chuŏr Phnum Dâmrei), refer to a mountain range situated in south-western Cambodia, traversing around north-south as a succession of the Cardamom Mountains, dropping abruptly to the sea near the town of Kampot.
See Cambodia and Dâmrei Mountains
Dângrêk Mountains
The Dângrêk Mountains (ជួរភ្នំដងរែក, Chuŏr Phnum Dângrêk; ทิวเขาพนมดงรัก), also the Dângrêk Range, is a mountain range forming a natural border between Cambodia and Thailand.
See Cambodia and Dângrêk Mountains
Defamation
Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury.
Deforestation in Cambodia
Deforestation in Cambodia has increased in recent years.
See Cambodia and Deforestation in Cambodia
Democratic Kampuchea
Democratic Kampuchea (renamed from Kampuchea in 1976) was the Cambodian state from 1975 to 1979, under the totalitarian dictatorship of Pol Pot and the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), commonly known as the Khmer Rouge.
See Cambodia and Democratic Kampuchea
Demographics of Cambodia
Demographic features of the population of Cambodia include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
See Cambodia and Demographics of Cambodia
Dengue Fever (band)
Dengue Fever is an American band from Los Angeles who combine Cambodian rock and pop music of the 1960s and 70s with psychedelic rock and other world music styles.
See Cambodia and Dengue Fever (band)
Deutsche Welle
("German Wave"), commonly shortened to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget.
See Cambodia and Deutsche Welle
Devaraja
Devaraja was a religious order of the "god-king," or deified monarch in medieval Southeast Asia.
Dictator
A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power.
Diplomacy
Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of state, intergovernmental, or non-governmental institutions intended to influence events in the international system.
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees.
See Cambodia and Dipterocarpaceae
Doun Kaev municipality
Doun Kaev municipality (ក្រុងដូនកែវ) is a municipality (krong) in Takeo province, in southern Cambodia.
See Cambodia and Doun Kaev municipality
Dragon boat
A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft originating from the Pearl River Delta region of China's southern Guangdong Province.
Earthworks (archaeology)
In archaeology, earthworks are artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles of artificially placed or sculpted rocks and soil.
See Cambodia and Earthworks (archaeology)
East Asia Summit
The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a regional forum held annually by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian and Oceanian regions, based on the ASEAN Plus Six mechanism.
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Eastern Bloc
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was the unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991).
Economic growth
Economic growth can be defined as the increase or improvement in the inflation-adjusted market value of the goods and services produced by an economy in a financial year.
See Cambodia and Economic growth
Economic sanctions
Economic sanctions are commercial and financial penalties applied by states or institutions against states, groups, or individuals.
See Cambodia and Economic sanctions
Economy of Cambodia
The economy of Cambodia (សេដ្ឋកិច្ចនៃកម្ពុជា) currently follows an open market system (market economy) and has seen rapid economic progress in the last decade.
See Cambodia and Economy of Cambodia
Ecoregion
An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm.
Elective monarchy
An elective monarchy is a monarchy ruled by a monarch who is elected, in contrast to a hereditary monarchy in which the office is automatically passed down as a family inheritance.
See Cambodia and Elective monarchy
Electoral fraud
Electoral fraud, sometimes referred to as election manipulation, voter fraud, or vote rigging, involves illegal interference with the process of an election, either by increasing the vote share of a favored candidate, depressing the vote share of rival candidates, or both.
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Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Endonym and exonym
An endonym (also known as autonym) is a common, native name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate themselves, their homeland, or their language.
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Equestrian events at the Summer Olympics
Equestrian sports were first included in the Olympic Games in the Summer Olympics of 1900 in Paris.
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Ethnic groups in Cambodia
The largest of the ethnic groups in Cambodia are the Khmer, who comprise 95.8% of the total populationhttps://nis.gov.kh/nis/Census2019/Final%20General%20Population%20Census%202019-English.pdf and primarily inhabit the lowland Mekong subregion and the central plains.
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Eurasianet
Eurasianet is an independent news organisation based at Columbia University's Harriman Institute, the United States, that provides news, information and analysis on countries in Central Asia, the Caucasus region, Russia and Southwest Asia.
European Review of History
The European Review of History (French: Revue européenne d'histoire) is a peer-reviewed history journal.
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Executive (government)
The executive, also referred to as the juditian or executive power, is that part of government which executes the law; in other words, directly makes decisions and holds power.
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Fake news
Fake news or information disorder is false or misleading information (misinformation, including disinformation, propaganda, and hoaxes) presented as news.
Financial Times
The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.
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Fish amok
Fish amok or amok trei (អាម៉ុកត្រី) is a Khmer steamed fish curry (amok) with a mousse-like consistency, considered one of Cambodia's national dishes.
Fish sauce
Fish sauce is a liquid condiment made from fish or krill that have been coated in salt and fermented for up to two years.
Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
France 24
France 24 (vingt-quatre in French) is a French publicly-funded international news television network based in Paris.
French colonial empire
The French colonial empire comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. Cambodia and French colonial empire are former French colonies.
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French Indochina
French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), officially known as the Indochinese Union and after 1946 as the French Union, was a grouping of French colonial territories in Mainland Southeast Asia until its end in 1954. It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), the Chinese territory of Guangzhouwan (from 1898 until 1945), and the Vietnamese regions of Tonkin in the north, Annam in the centre, and Cochinchina in the south. Cambodia and French Indochina are former French colonies.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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French language in Cambodia
Cambodia is the smallest of the three Francophone communities in Southeast Asia, the others being found in Vietnam and Laos.
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French protectorate of Cambodia
The French protectorate of Cambodia (ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាក្រោមអាណាព្យាបាលបារាំង; Protectorat français du Cambodge) refers to the Kingdom of Cambodia when it was a French protectorate within French Indochina, a collection of Southeast Asian protectorates within the French colonial empire. Cambodia and French protectorate of Cambodia are former French colonies.
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Freshwater swamp forest
Freshwater swamp forests, or flooded forests, are forests which are inundated with freshwater, either permanently or seasonally.
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Funan
Funan (Hvunân,; Phù Nam, Chữ Hán: 夫南) was the name given by Chinese cartographers, geographers and writers to an ancient Indianized state—or, rather a loose network of states (Mandala)—located in mainland Southeast Asia covering parts of present-day Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam that existed from the first to sixth century CE.
FUNCINPEC
The National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia, commonly referred to as FUNCINPEC, is a royalist political party in Cambodia.
GANEFO
The Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO; Pesta Olahraga Negara-Negara Berkembang) were the games set up by Indonesia as a counter to the Olympic Games.
George Cœdès
George Cœdès (10 August 1886 – 2 October 1969) was a French scholar of southeast Asian archaeology and history.
Ginger
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine.
Global Innovation Index
The Global Innovation Index is an annual ranking of countries by their capacity for, and success in, innovation, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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Globalization
Globalization, or globalisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide.
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God king
God king, or God-King, is a term for a deified ruler or a pagan deity that is venerated in the guise of a king.
Greater India
Greater India, also known as the Indian cultural sphere, or the Indic world, is an area composed of several countries and regions in South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia that were historically influenced by Indian culture, which itself formed from the various distinct indigenous cultures of South Asia.
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Greater Mekong Subregion
The Greater Mekong Subregion, (GMS) or just Greater Mekong, is a trans-national region of the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia.
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Green growth
Green growth is a concept in economic theory and policymaking used to describe paths of economic growth that are environmentally sustainable.
Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.
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Gulf of Thailand
The Gulf of Thailand, also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula.
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Hacky sack
A footbag is a small, round bag usually filled with plastic pellets or sand, which is kicked into the air as part of a competitive game or as a display of dexterity.
Hard currency
In macroeconomics, hard currency, safe-haven currency, or strong currency is any globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value.
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Head of government
In the executive branch, the head of government is the highest or the second-highest official of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a group of ministers or secretaries who lead executive departments.
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Head of state
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona of a sovereign state.
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Health in Cambodia
The quality of health in Cambodia is rising along with its growing economy.
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Height above mean sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level.
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Hermit
A hermit, also known as an eremite (adjectival form: hermitic or eremitic) or solitary, is a person who lives in seclusion.
Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
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History of Cambodia
The history of Cambodia, a country in mainland Southeast Asia, can be traced back to Indian civilization.
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HIV
The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans.
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HIV/AIDS
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system.
Ho Chi Minh trail
The Ho Chi Minh Trail, also called Annamite Range Trail was a logistical network of roads and trails that ran from North Vietnam to South Vietnam through the kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia.
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Hoabinhian
The Hoabinhian is a lithic techno-complex of archaeological sites associated with assemblages in Southeast Asia from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene, dated to –2000 BCE.
Holocene
The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.
Human rights in Cambodia
The human rights situation in Cambodia is facing growing criticisms both within the country and from an increasingly alarmed international community.
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Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.
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Hun Manet
Samdech Hun Manet (ហ៊ុន ម៉ាណែត, Hŭn Manêt; born 20 October 1977) is a Cambodian politician and general who has been serving as the prime minister of Cambodia since 2023, succeeding his father, Hun Sen.
Hun Sen
Samdech Hun Sen (ហ៊ុន សែន, UNGEGN:; born 5 August 1952) is a Cambodian politician, and former army general who currently serves as the president of the Senate.
Hung parliament
A hung parliament is a term used in legislatures primarily under the Westminster system (typically employing majoritarian electoral systems) to describe a situation in which no single political party or pre-existing coalition (also known as an alliance or bloc) has an absolute majority of legislators (commonly known as members or seats) in a parliament or other legislature.
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Hunter-gatherer
A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived lifestyle, in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local naturally occurring sources, especially wild edible plants but also insects, fungi, honey, bird eggs, or anything safe to eat, and/or by hunting game (pursuing and/or trapping and killing wild animals, including catching fish).
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Hydropower in the Mekong River Basin
The estimated hydropower potential of Mekong River Basin about 58,930 Megawatts (MW).
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Illegal logging
Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws.
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Independence Day of Cambodia
Independence Day (បុណ្យឯករាជ្យជាតិ; Fête de l'Indépendance) is a national holiday observed annually in Cambodia every 9 November.
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Index of Cambodia-related articles
Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to Cambodia and Cambodian culture include.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia. Cambodia and India are countries in Asia and member states of the United Nations.
Indravarman III
Indravarman III (ឥន្ទ្រវរ្ម័នទី៣), also titled Srindravarman (ស្រីន្ទ្រវរ្ម័ន) was a ruler of the Khmer Empire from 1295 to 1308.
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Infant mortality
Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday.
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Inland port
An inland port is a port on an inland waterway, such as a river, lake, or canal, which may or may not be connected to the sea.
International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice (ICJ; Cour internationale de justice, CIJ), or colloquially the World Court, is the only international court that adjudicates general disputes between nations, and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues.
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International Development Research Centre
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC; Centre de recherches pour le développement international, CRDI) is a Canadian federal Crown corporation.
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International Federation for Human Rights
The International Federation for Human Rights (Fédération internationale pour les droits humains; FIDH) is a non-governmental federation for human rights organizations.
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International Futures
International Futures (IFs) is a global integrated assessment model designed to help with thinking strategically and systematically about key global systems (economic, demographic, education, health, environment, technology, domestic governance, infrastructure, agriculture, energy and environment).
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International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards.
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International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.
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International Rice Research Institute
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is an international agricultural research and training organization with its headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna, in the Philippines, and offices in seventeen countries.
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International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is the world's largest trade union federation.
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Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.
Islam in Cambodia
Islam is the religion of a majority of the Cham and Malay minorities in Cambodia.
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ISO 4217
ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual currencies and their minor units.
Japanese occupation of Cambodia
The Japanese occupation of Cambodia (ការត្រួតត្រារបស់ជប៉ុននៅកម្ពុជា) was the period of Cambodian history during World War II when the Kingdom of Cambodia was occupied by the Japanese.
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Java
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.
Jayavarman II
Jayavarman II (ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី២; c. 770 – 850) (reigned c. 802–850) was a Khmer prince who founded and became the ruler of the Khmer Empire (Cambodia) after unifying the Khmer civilization.
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Jayavarman VIII
Jayavarman VIII (ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី៨), posthumous name Paramesvarapada, was one of the prominent kings of the Khmer empire.
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Kaffir lime
Citrus hystrix, called the kaffir lime, Thai lime or makrut lime, is a citrus fruit native to tropical Southeast Asia.
Kambojas
The Kambojas were a southeastern Iranian people who inhabited the northeastern most part of the territory populated by Iranian tribes, which bordered the Indian lands.
Kambu Swayambhuva
Kambu Swayambhuva or Kambu Svayambhuva was an ancestor of the Kambuja tribe and king of Aryadesa.
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Kampong Cham Municipality
Kampong Cham municipality (ស្រុកកំពង់ចាម) is a municipality (krong) of Kampong Cham province, Cambodia.
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Kampong Cham province
Kampong Cham (កំពង់ចាម, UNGEGN) is a province of Cambodia located on the central lowlands of the Mekong River.
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Kampong Chhnang Municipality
Kampong Chhnang municipality (ស្រុកកំពង់ឆ្នាំង) is a municipality in the centre of Kampong Chhnang province in central Cambodia.
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Kampong Chhnang province
Kampong Chhnang (ខេត្តកំពង់ឆ្នាំង; meaning 'Port of Pottery') is one of the central provinces (khaet) of Cambodia.
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Kampong Speu province
Kampong Speu (កំពង់ស្ពឺ) is a province of Cambodia.
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Kampong Thom province
Kampong Thom (កំពង់ធំ, UNGEGN:; lit. 'Great Port') is a province (khaet) of Cambodia.
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Kampot (city)
Kampot (ក្រុងកំពត) is a city in southern Cambodia and the capital of Kampot Province.
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Kampot Municipality
The Kampot Municipality (ក្រុងកំពត) is a municipality in Kampot Province, in southern Cambodia.
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Kampot province
Kampot (កំពត) is a province in southwestern Cambodia.
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Kanchipuram
Kanchipuram (IAST) also known as Kanjeevaram, is a stand alone city corporation, satellite nodal city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in the Tondaimandalam region, from Chennaithe capital of Tamil Nadu.
Kandal province
Kandal (កណ្ដាល) is a province of Cambodia located in the southeast portion of the country.
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Kang Kek Iew
Kang Kek Iew, also spelled Kaing Guek Eav (កាំង ហ្គេកអ៊ាវ; 17 November 1942 – 2 September 2020), alias Comrade Duch (សមមិត្តឌុច) or Hang Pin, was a Cambodian convicted war criminal and leader in the Khmer Rouge movement, which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979.
Kantrum
Kantrum (កន្ត្រឹម, กันตรึม) is a type of folk music played by the Khmer in Isan, Thailand, living near the border with Cambodia.
Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary (Khmer: ដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃកែវសីមា) is a protected area of mixed seasonal tropical forest in eastern Cambodia, located in Mondulkiri and Kratié provinces.
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Kep Municipality
Kep municipality (ក្រុងកែប) is a municipality in Kep province, in southern Cambodia.
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Kep province
Kep (ខេត្តកែប, UNGEGN: Kêb, ALA-LC: Kaep) is the smallest province (khaet) of Cambodia covering, with a population of 41,798.
Khemarak Phoumin
Khemarak Phoumin (ក្រុងខេមរភូមិន្ទ), also Koh Kong (ក្រុងកោះកុង), is the capital and largest city of Koh Kong Province in Cambodia.
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Khemarak Phoumin Municipality
Khemarak Phoumin municipality (ក្រុងខេមរភូមិន្ទ) is a municipality located in Koh Kong province in south-western Cambodia.
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Khieu Samphan
Khieu Samphan (ខៀវ សំផន; born 28 July 1931) is a Cambodian former communist politician and economist who was the chairman of the state presidium of Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) from 1976 until 1979.
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Khmer architecture
Khmer architecture (ស្ថាបត្យកម្មខ្មែរ), also known as Angkorian architecture (ស្ថាបត្យកម្មសម័យអង្គរ), is the architecture produced by the Khmers during the Angkor period of the Khmer Empire from approximately the later half of the 8th century CE to the first half of the 15th century CE.
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Khmer Empire
The Khmer Empire was a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia, centered around hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia. Cambodia and Khmer Empire are 802 establishments.
Khmer Krom
The Khmer Krom (ជនជាតិខ្មែរក្រោម,,; or 'Southern Khmer people'; người Khmer Nam Bộ, người Khmer Việt Nam, người Việt gốc Miên (used before 1975)) are ethnically Khmer people living in or from the Mekong Delta (Tây Nam Bộ), the south western part of Vietnam known in Khmer as Kampuchea Krom (កម្ពុជាក្រោម).
Khmer language
Khmer (ខ្មែរ, UNGEGN) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Khmer people and the official and national language of Cambodia.
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Khmer Loeu
The Khmer Loeu (ជនជាតិខ្មែរលើ; "upper Khmers") is the collective name given to the various indigenous ethnic groups residing in the highlands of Cambodia.
Khmer people
The Khmer people (ជនជាតិខ្មែរ, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC) are an Austroasiatic ethnic group native to Cambodia and the Mekong Delta.
Khmer People's National Liberation Front
The Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF, រណសិរ្សរំដោះជាតិប្រជាជនខ្មែរ) was a political front organized in 1979 in opposition to the Vietnamese-installed People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) regime in Cambodia.
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Khmer Republic
The Khmer Republic (សាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ,; République khmère) was a Cambodian state under the United States-backed military dictatorship of Marshal Lon Nol from 1970 to 1975.
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Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge (ខ្មែរក្រហម) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979.
Khmer Rouge Tribunal
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC; Chambres extraordinaires au sein des tribunaux cambodgiens (CETC); អង្គជំនុំជម្រះវិសាមញ្ញក្នុងតុលាការកម្ពុជា), commonly known as the Cambodia Tribunal or Khmer Rouge Tribunal (សាលាក្ដីខ្មែរក្រហម), was a court established to try the senior leaders and the most responsible members of the Khmer Rouge for alleged violations of international law and serious crimes perpetrated during the Cambodian genocide.
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Khmer script
Khmer script (អក្សរខ្មែរ)Huffman, Franklin.
Khmer traditional clothing
Khmer traditional clothing refers to the traditional styles of dress worn by the Khmer people throughout history.
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Khmer traditional wrestling
Khmer traditional wrestling (បោកចំបាប់ - Baok Cham Bab) is a folk wrestling style from Cambodia.
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Khorat Plateau
The Khorat Plateau (ที่ราบสูงโคราช; ที่ฮาบสูงโคราช) is a plateau in the northeastern Thai region of Isan.
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Khuon Sudary
Khuon Sudary (ឃួន សុដារី, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC:; born 8 November 1952) is a Cambodian politician.
Killing Fields
The Killing Fields (វាលពិឃាត) are sites in Cambodia where collectively more than 1.3 million people were killed and buried by the Communist Party of Kampuchea during Khmer Rouge rule from 1975-79, immediately after the end of the Cambodian Civil War (1970–75).
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Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970)
The Kingdom of Cambodia, also known as the First Kingdom of Cambodia, and commonly referred to as the Sangkum period, refers to Norodom Sihanouk's first administration of Cambodia from 1953 to 1970, an especially significant time in the country's history. Sihanouk continues to be one of the most controversial figures in Southeast Asia's turbulent and often tragic postwar history. Cambodia and Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) are states and territories established in 1953.
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Kingdom of Kampuchea (1945)
The Kingdom of Kampuchea (ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា; カンボジア王国) was a short-lived puppet state of Imperial Japan, which existed from 9 March 1945 to 16 October 1945.
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Koh Kong province
Koh Kong (កោះកុង, Kaôh Kŏng) is a province (khaet) of Cambodia.
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Korea International Cooperation Agency
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) was established in 1991 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea as a governmental organization for Official Development Assistance (ODA).
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Krama
A krama (ក្រមា /krɑmaa/) is a sturdy traditional Cambodian garment with many uses, including as a scarf, bandanna, to cover the face, for decorative purposes, and as a hammock for children.
Kratié Municipality
Kratié Municipality (ក្រុងក្រចេះ) is a municipality (krong) located in Kratié province, in Cambodia.
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Kratié province
Kratié (ក្រចេះ), alternatively spelled Kracheh, is a province of Cambodia located in the northeast.
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Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan (23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizu of Yuan and his regnal name Setsen Khan, was the founder and first emperor of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China.
Kun Khmer
Kun Khmer (គុនខ្មែរ), or Pradal Serey (ប្រដាល់សេរី), The sport consists of stand up striking and clinch fighting, where the objective is to knock an opponent out, force a technical knockout, or win a match by points.
Kuyteav
Kuyteav (គុយទាវ) is a Cambodian noodle soup consisting of rice noodles with pork stock and toppings.
Laang Spean
Laang Spean (ល្អាងស្ពាន, L’ang Spéan; "Cave of Bridges") refers to a prehistoric cave site on top of a limestone hill (Phnom Teak Treang) in Battambang Province, north-western Cambodia.
Land mine
A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.
Land mines in Cambodia
Cambodia is a country located in Southeast Asia that has a major problem with landmines, especially in rural areas.
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Laos
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia. Cambodia and Laos are countries in Asia, least developed countries, member states of ASEAN, member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, member states of the United Nations and southeast Asian countries.
Least developed countries
The least developed countries (LDCs) are developing countries listed by the United Nations that exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city.
Library of Congress Country Studies
The Country Studies are works published by the Federal Research Division of the United States Library of Congress, freely available for use by researchers.
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Life expectancy
Human life expectancy is a statistical measure of the estimate of the average remaining years of life at a given age.
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List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office
This is a list of current state leaders ordered by their continuous tenure in a position of national leadership.
See Cambodia and List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office
List of presidents of the National Assembly (Cambodia)
The president of the National Assembly (ប្រធានរដ្ឋសភា) is the presiding officer of the lower chamber of the legislature.
See Cambodia and List of presidents of the National Assembly (Cambodia)
List of presidents of the Senate (Cambodia)
The president of the Senate (ប្រធានព្រឹទ្ធសភា) is the presiding officer of the Senate, the upper chamber of the legislature of Cambodia.
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List of trees of Cambodia
The following 'List of Tree Species' in Cambodia has been based on one prepared in 2004 with the support of DANIDA project; the original document gives Khmer names for species shown here (with corrections and links).
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Lon Nol
Marshal Lon Nol (លន់ នល់, also លន់ ណុល; 13 November 1913 – 17 November 1985) was a Cambodian politician and general who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia twice (1966–67; 1969–71), as well as serving repeatedly as defence minister and provincial governor.
Lovea
Lovea is a modern village and archaeological site located in the Puok district of Siem Reap province, Cambodia.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
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Madison (dance)
The Madison is a novelty dance that was popular in the late 1950s to mid-1960s.
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Mahajanapadas
The Mahājanapadas were sixteen kingdoms and aristocratic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE, during the second urbanisation period.
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Mahayana
Mahāyāna is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices developed in ancient India (onwards).
Mahori
The mahori (มโหรี), possibly from Sanskrit मनोहर (manohara, meaning "fascinating, attractive, charming, beautiful") + -ई (-ī, a feminine suffix), is a form of Thai classical ensemble traditionally played in the royal courts for the purpose of secular entertainment.
Mainland Southeast Asia
Mainland Southeast Asia (also known Indochina or the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia.
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Maize
Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain.
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.
Malays (ethnic group)
Malays (Orang Melayu, Jawi) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations.
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Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Man and the Biosphere Programme
Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) is an intergovernmental scientific program, launched in 1971 by UNESCO, that aims to establish a scientific basis for the 'improvement of relationships' between people and their environments.
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Maritime boundary
A maritime boundary is a conceptual division of Earth's water surface areas using physiographical or geopolitical criteria.
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Media in Cambodia is largely unregulated and includes radio, television and print media outlets.
See Cambodia and Mass media in Cambodia
Mekong
The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta (lit or simply label), also known as the Western Region (Miền Tây) or South-western region (Tây Nam Bộ), is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries.
Memot District
Memot District (ស្រុកមេមត់) is a district (srok) in Tboung Khmum Province, Cambodia.
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Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (Cambodia)
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (MCFA; ក្រសួងវប្បធម៌ និងវិចិត្រសិល្បៈ, UNGEGN) is the government ministry with a mandate to promote, encourage and support the fine arts of Cambodia.
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Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (Cambodia)
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS; ក្រសួងអប់រំ យុវជន និងកីឡា, Krâsuŏng Ábrum, Yŭvôchôn nĭng Keila) is the government ministry responsible for promoting and regulating education, youth and sport development, in Cambodia.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Cambodia)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (ក្រសួងការបរទេស និងសហប្រតិបត្តិការអន្តរជាតិ) is the government ministry responsible for representing Cambodia to the international community.
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Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (Cambodia)
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) is a government ministry of Cambodia.
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Ministry of National Defence (Cambodia)
The Ministry of National Defence (ក្រសួងការពារជាតិ, UNGEGN) is charged with supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.
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Ministry of Planning (Cambodia)
The Ministry of Planning (MoP; ក្រសួងផែនការ) is a government ministry responsible for socioeconomic planning and statistics management in Cambodia.
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Monarchy of Cambodia
The monarchy of Cambodia refers to the constitutional monarchy of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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Mondulkiri province
Mondulkiri (មណ្ឌលគិរី, UNGEGN: Môndôlkĭri, ALA-LC: Maṇḍalagirī; lit. 'Center of Mountains') is a province (khaet) of Cambodia.
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Mongols
The Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (majority in Inner Mongolia), as well as Buryatia and Kalmykia of Russia.
Monsoon
A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.
Multi-party system
In political science, a multi-party system is a political system where more than two meaningfully-distinct political parties regularly run for office and win elections.
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National Academies Press
The US National Academies Press (NAP) was created to publish the reports issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Medicine, and the National Research Council.
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National Assembly (Cambodia)
The National Assembly (រដ្ឋសភា, UNGEGN) is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Cambodia.
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National Bank of Cambodia
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC; translit) is the central bank of Cambodia.
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National Election Committee
The National Election Committee (NEC; translit, គ.ជ.ប., KChB) is an independent agency that supervises the national elections of Cambodia.
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National Institute of Statistics of Cambodia
The National Institute of Statistics is the branch of the Cambodian Ministry of Planning responsible for the collection, processing, and dissemination of official national statistics.
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National Library of Cambodia
The National Library of Cambodia (translit; Bibliothèque nationale du Cambodge) is the national library of Cambodia, based in Phnom Penh.
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Natural rubber
Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, caucho, or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds.
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Neak ta
A neak ta (អ្នកតា) is a Cambodian ancestral or tutelary deity, believed locally to watch over people, places, and things, as long as they are paid proper respect.
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Neutral country
A neutral country is a state that is neutral towards belligerents in a specific war or holds itself as permanently neutral in all future conflicts (including avoiding entering into military alliances such as NATO, CSTO or the SCO).
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Nokor Reach
"Nokor Reach" (also spelt Nokoreach; នគររាជ) is the national anthem of Cambodia.
Non-Aligned Movement
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
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Noodle soup
Noodle soup refers to a variety of soups with noodles and other ingredients served in a light broth.
Norodom of Cambodia
Norodom (នរោត្តម,; born Ang Voddey (អង្គវតី); 3 February 1834 – 24 April 1904) was King of Cambodia from 19 October 1860 to his death on 24 April 1904.
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Norodom Ranariddh
Norodom Ranariddh (នរោត្តម រណឫទ្ធិ; 2 January 1944 – 28 November 2021, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC) was a Cambodian prince, politician and law academic.
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Norodom Sihamoni
Norodom Sihamoni (នរោត្តម សីហមុនី,; born 14 May 1953) is King of Cambodia.
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Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk (31 October 192215 October 2012) was a member of the Cambodian royal house who led the country as King and Prime Minister.
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Northern Khmer people
Northern Khmer people (ជនជាតិខ្មែរខាងជើង; เขมรเหนือ) or colloquially as Thais of Khmer origin (ชาวไทยเชื้อสายเขมร); mostly referred to as Khmer Surin (Khmer: ខ្មែរសុរិន Thai: เขมรสุรินทร์) is the designation used to refer to ethnic Khmers native to the Isan region of Northeast Thailand.
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Num banhchok
Num banhchok (នំបញ្ចុក) are lightly fermented Cambodian rice noodles and a breakfast noodle dish.
Nuon Chea
Nuon Chea (នួន ជា; born Lao Kim Lorn; 7 July 1926 – 4 August 2019), also known as Long Bunruot (ឡុង ប៊ុនរត្ន) or Rungloet Laodi (រុងឡឺត ឡាវឌី รุ่งเลิศ เหล่าดี), was a Cambodian communist politician and revolutionary who was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge.
Oddar Meanchey province
Oddar Meanchey (ឧត្តរមានជ័យ, UNGEGN: Ŏttâr Méanchoăy, ALA-LC: Uttar Mānjăy) is a province of Cambodia in the remote northwest.
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Old-growth forest
An old-growth forest (also referred to as primary forest) is a forest that has developed over a long period of time without disturbance.
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One-party state
A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a governance structure in which only a single political party controls the ruling system.
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Operation Eagle Pull
Operation Eagle Pull was the United States military evacuation by air of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 12 April 1975.
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Operation Freedom Deal
Operation Freedom Deal was a military campaign led by the United States Seventh Air Force, taking place in Cambodia between 19 May 1970 and 15 August 1973. Part of the larger Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War, the goal of the operation was to provide air support and interdiction in the region. Launched by President Richard Nixon as a follow-up to the earlier ground invasion during the Cambodian Campaign, the initial targets of the operation were the base areas and border sanctuaries of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Viet Cong (VC).
See Cambodia and Operation Freedom Deal
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF; sometimes shortened to the Francophonie, La Francophonie, sometimes also called International Organisation of italic in English) is an international organization representing countries and regions where French is a lingua franca or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population are francophones (French speakers), or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture.
See Cambodia and Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Oudong
Oudong (ឧដុង្គ; also romanized as Udong or Odong) is a former town of the post-Angkorian period (1618–1863) situated in present-day Phsar Daek Commune, Ponhea Lueu District, Kandal Province, Cambodia.
Outline of Cambodia
The location of Cambodia An enlargeable map of the Kingdom of Cambodia The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cambodia: Cambodia – a sovereign country located in Southeast Asia with a population of over 13 million people.
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Oyster sauce
Oyster sauce describes a number of sauces made by cooking oysters.
Pagoda
A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia.
Pailin municipality
Pailin municipality (ក្រុងប៉ៃលិន) is a municipality (krong) in the centre of Pailin province in north-western Cambodia.
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Pailin province
Pailin (ប៉ៃលិន) is a province in western Cambodia at the northern edge of the Cardamom Mountains near the border of Thailand.
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Pallava dynasty
The Pallava dynasty existed from 275 CE to 897 CE, ruling a significant portion of the Deccan, also known as Tondaimandalam.
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Pallava script
The Pallava script or Pallava Grantha is a Brahmic script named after the Pallava dynasty of Southern India (Tamilakam) and is attested to since the 4th century CE.
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Palm-leaf manuscript
Palm-leaf manuscripts are manuscripts made out of dried palm leaves.
See Cambodia and Palm-leaf manuscript
Parliament
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government.
Parliament of Cambodia
The Parliament (សភាតំណាងរាស្ត្រ) is the bicameral legislature of Cambodia consisting of the Senate and the National Assembly.
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Parliamentary system
A parliamentary system, or parliamentary democracy, is a system of democratic government where the head of government (who may also be the head of state) derives their democratic legitimacy from their ability to command the support ("confidence") of the legislature, typically a parliament, to which they are accountable.
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Pchum Ben
Pchum Ben (ភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ, Phchŭm Bĕnd, lit. "balled rice gathering" or សែនដូនតា, Sen Don Ta, lit. "offerings for ancestors" in the Khmer Surin and Khmer Krom communities) is a Cambodian 15-day religious festival, culminating in celebrations on the 15th day of the tenth month in the Khmer calendar, at the end of the Buddhist Lent, Vassa.
Pen Ran
Pen Ran (ប៉ែន រ៉ន), (c. 1944 – c. 1979) also commonly known as Pan Ron in some Romanized sources intended for English-speaking audiences, was a Cambodian singer and songwriter who was at the height of her popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s.
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China.
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People's Republic of Kampuchea
The People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) was a partially recognised state in Southeast Asia which existed from 1979 to 1989.
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Phnom Aural
Phnom Aural (ភ្នំឱរ៉ាល់), also spelled Phnom Aoral, is the tallest peak in Cambodia.
Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary
Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in central Cambodia, covering.
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Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh (ភ្នំពេញ, Phnum Pénh) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia.
Phnom Penh International Airport
Phnom Penh International Airport, formerly Pochentong International Airport, is the busiest airport in Cambodia and serves as the country's main international gateway.
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Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary
Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary (ដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃភ្នំព្រេច) is a large protected area in eastern Cambodia that was established in 1993.
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Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary
Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in western Cambodia, bordering Thailand.
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Pinpeat
The Pinpeat (ពិណពាទ្យ) is the largest Khmer traditional musical ensemble.
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene (often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.
Pol Pot
Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian communist revolutionary, politician and a dictator who ruled Cambodia as Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 and 1979.
Political strongman
In politics, a strongman is a type of authoritarian political leader—civilian or military—who exerts control through military enforcement and has, or has claimed to have, strong popular support.
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Politics of Cambodia
The politics of Cambodia are defined within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, in which the king serves as the head of state, and the prime minister is the head of government.
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Post-Angkor period
The post-Angkor period of Cambodia (ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាក្រោយសម័យអង្គរ), also called the Middle Period, refers to the historical era from the early 15th century to 1863, the beginning of the French protectorate of Cambodia.
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Prahok
Prahok (prâhŏk) is a salted and fermented fish paste (usually of snakeheads) used in Cambodian cuisine as a seasoning or a condiment.
Prahok ktis
Prahok ktis (ប្រហុកខ្ទិះ, prâhŏk khtih) is a Cambodian dipping sauce made from prahok sach, minced pork, yellow ''kroeung'', coconut cream, tamarind water, palm sugar, pea eggplants and kaffir lime leaves.
Prak Sokhonn
Prak Sokhonn (ប្រាក់ សុខុន; born 3 May 1954) is a Cambodian politician, diplomat and journalist who currently serves as a member and first vice president of the Senate.
Preah Monivong National Park
Preah Monivong Bokor National Park (ឧទ្យានជាតិព្រះមុនីវង្ស បូកគោ) is a national park in southern Cambodia's Kampot Province that was established in 1993 and covers.
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Preah Sihanouk municipality
Preah Sihanouk Municipality, also Krong Preah Sihanouk (ក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ), is one of the four districts of Sihanoukville Province in Cambodia.
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Preah Sihanouk province
Preah Sihanouk (ព្រះសីហនុ, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC), also Sihanoukville, is a province (khaet) in southwest Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand.
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Preah Vihear Municipality
Preah Vihear Municipality (ក្រុងព្រះវិហារ, Krong Preah Vihear) is a municipality located in Preah Vihear Province in northern Cambodia.
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Preah Vihear province
Preah Vihear (ព្រះវិហារ, UNGEGN: Preăh Vĭhar, ALA-LC: Braḥ Vihār; lit. 'sacred sanctuary') is a province (khaet) of Cambodia.
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Preah Vihear Temple
Preah Vihear Temple (Khmer: ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ Prasat Preah Vihear) is an ancient Hindu temple built by the Khmer Empire, located on top of a cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains, in the Preah Vihear province of Cambodia.
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Preap Sovath
Preap Sovath (ព្រាប សុវត្ថិ; born 25 January 1975) is a Cambodian Top singer, actor and brand ambassador.
Prey Veng Municipality
Prey Veng (ព្រៃវែង) is a municipality (krong) located in Prey Veng province, in south eastern Cambodia.
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Prey Veng province
Prey Veng (ព្រៃវែង) is a province (khaet) of Cambodia.
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Prime Minister of Cambodia
The prime minister of Cambodia (នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា) is the head of government of Cambodia.
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Prisoner of conscience
A prisoner of conscience (POC) is anyone imprisoned because of their race, sexual orientation, religion, or political views.
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Proportional representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to any type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body.
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Prostitution in Cambodia
Prostitution in Cambodia is illegal, but prevalent.
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Provinces of Cambodia
Cambodia is divided into 25 provinces (ខេត្ត). The capital Phnom Penh is not a province but an "autonomous municipality" (រាជធានី,; lit. 'capital'), equivalent to a province governmentally and administered at the same level as the other 24 provinces.
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Pursat Municipality
Pursat municipality (ក្រុងពោធិ៍សាត់) is a municipality in Pursat province, Cambodia.
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Pursat province
Pursat (ពោធិ៍សាត់, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC:,; meaning "Floating Banyan") is a province of Cambodia.
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Quartz
Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide).
Quartzite
Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.
Railway Gazette International
Railway Gazette International is a British monthly business magazine and news website covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide.
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Ramayana
The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.
Ratanakiri province
Ratanakiri (រតនគិរី, UNGEGN: Rôtânôkĭri, ALA-LC: Ratanagirī) is a province of northeast Cambodia.
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Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)
The Rattanakosin Kingdom (อาณาจักรรัตนโกสินทร์,,, abbreviated as รัตนโกสินทร์), the Kingdom of Siam, or the Rattanakosin Empire, were names used to reference the fourth and current Thai kingdom in the history of Thailand (then known as Siam).
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Reamker
Reamker (រាមកេរ្តិ៍, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC) is a Cambodian epic poem, based on the Sanskrit's Rāmāyana epic.
Red soil
Red soil is a type of soil that typically develops in warm, temperate, and humid climates and comprise approximately 13% of Earth's soils.
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a free trade agreement among the Asia-Pacific countries of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Religion in Cambodia
Buddhism is the state religion of Cambodia.
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Renewable energy
Renewable energy (or green energy) is energy from renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human timescale.
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Representative democracy
Representative democracy (also called electoral democracy or indirect democracy) is a type of democracy where representatives are elected by the public.
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Reptile
Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.
Rice
Rice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa.
Rice noodles
Rice noodles are noodles made with rice flour and water as the principal ingredients.
Rice vermicelli
Rice vermicelli is a thin form of noodle.
See Cambodia and Rice vermicelli
Rice wine
Rice wine is a generic term for an alcoholic beverage fermented from rice, traditionally consumed in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia.
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
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Riparian zone
A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream.
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Robert D. Kaplan
Robert David Kaplan (born June 23, 1952) is an American author.
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Rom kbach
Rom kbach (រាំក្បាច់) is a genre of Cambodian popular music and a popular Khmer dance style.
Romvong
Romvong (រាំវង់, also romanized as Rom Vong or Roam Vong), Lamvong (Lao: ລຳວົງ -) or Ramwong (รำวง;; Tai Lue: ᩃ᪁ ᩴᩅᩫ ᩬ; Tai Khun: ᨽ᩠ᨿᨦᨴᩱ᩠ᨿᩃᩨᩢ;; လမ်းဝူင်), Rambung (رمبوڠ), lăm-vông) is a type of Southeast Asian dance where both females and males dance in a circle.
Ros Serey Sothea
Ros Serey Sothea (រស់ សេរីសុទ្ធា/រស់ សិរីសុទ្ធា) was a Cambodian singer.
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Royal Ballet of Cambodia
The Royal Ballet of Cambodia (របាំព្រះរាជទ្រព្យ, Robam Preah Reach Trop) is a classical Khmer dance known for its intricate hand movements and elaborate costumes.
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Royal Cambodian Air Force
The Royal Cambodian Air Force (Kâng Toăp Cheung Akas) is the branch of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces which is charged with operating all military aircraft in Cambodia.
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Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF; កងយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ, ខ.ភ.ម, UNGEGN:, K.P.M, ALA-LC:, K.B.M) is Cambodia's national military force.
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Royal Cambodian Army
The Royal Cambodian Army (កងទ័ពជើងគោក, Kâng Toăp Cheung Koŭk) is a part of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.
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Royal Cambodian Navy
The Royal Cambodian Navy (Kâng Toăp Cheung Tœ̆k) is the naval warfare service branch of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces and one of the three uniformed services of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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Royal Council of the Throne
The Royal Council of the Throne (ក្រុមប្រឹក្សារាជបល្ល័ង្ក) is a nine-member council of Cambodia responsible for selecting the Cambodian monarch.
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Royal Gendarmerie (Cambodia)
The Royal Gendarmerie (កងរាជអាវុធហត្ថ, ALA-LC:; Gendarmerie royale) is the national gendarmerie force of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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Samdech Euv Autonomous Zone
The Samdech Euv Autonomous Zone was a short-lived secessionist entity which existed in seven eastern Cambodian provinces between 10 June and 15 June 1993.
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Samlar kako
Samlor kako (សម្លកកូរ) or Cambodian ratatouille is a traditional Cambodian soup considered one of Cambodia's national dishes.
Sampeah
Sampeah (សំពះ, sâmpeăh) is a Cambodian greeting or a way of showing respect.
Samraong Municipality
Samraong municipality (ក្រុងសំរោង) is a municipality (previously called 'district') in Oddar Meanchey province in northern Cambodia.
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Saraman curry
Saraman curry (ការីសារ៉ាម៉ាន់, kari saraman) or simply saraman (សារ៉ាម៉ាន់) is a coconut-based beef curry that holds a significant place in the Cambodian royal cuisine.
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Scallion
Scallions (also known as green onions and spring onions) are edible vegetables of various species in the genus Allium.
SEA Games
SEA Games, officially known as the South East Asian Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia.
Seasonal tropical forest
Seasonal tropical forest, also known as moist deciduous, semi-evergreen seasonal, tropical mixed or monsoon forest, typically contains a range of tree species: only some of which drop some or all of their leaves during the dry season.
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Senate (Cambodia)
The Senate (ព្រឹទ្ធសភា) is the upper house of the Parliament of Cambodia.
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Senmonorom Municipality
Senmonorom (សែនមនោរម្យ) is a municipality (krong) located in Mondulkiri Province in north-eastern Cambodia.
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Serei Saophoan (city)
Serei Saophoan (សិរីសោភ័ណ) is the capital and largest city of the Banteay Meanchey Province and the fourth most populous city in Cambodia.
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Serei Saophoan Municipality
Serei Saophoan (សិរីសោភ័ណ) is a municipality (krong) in the centre of Banteay Meanchey province, in north-western Cambodia.
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Sesame
Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is a plant in the genus Sesamum, also called simsim, benne or gingelly.
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic, international security and defence organization established by China and Russia in 2001.
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Shrimp
A shrimp (shrimp (US) or shrimps (UK) is a crustacean (a form of shellfish) with an elongated body and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – typically belonging to the Caridea or Dendrobranchiata of the order Decapoda, although some crustaceans outside of this order are also referred to as "shrimp".
Siem Reap
Siem Reap (សៀមរាប, Siĕm Réab) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia.
Siem Reap International Airport
Siem Reap International Airport was an international airport that served Siem Reap and Angkor.
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Siem Reap municipality
Siem Reap municipality (ស្រុកសៀមរាប) is an municipality (krong) in Siem Reap province, in north-west Cambodia.
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Siem Reap province
Siem Reap, officially Siemreap (សៀមរាប), is a province (khaet) of Cambodia.
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Sihanouk International Airport
Sihanouk International Airport (formerly Sihanoukville International Airport; អាកាសយានដ្ឋានអន្តរជាតិខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ; Aéroport international de Sihanouk), located east of Sihanoukville City in Sihanoukville Province, is Cambodia's third largest international airport.
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Sihanouk Trail
The Sihanouk Trail was a logistical supply system in Cambodia used by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and its Viet Cong (VC) guerillas during the Vietnam War (1960–1975).
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Sihanoukville (city)
Sihanoukville (ក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ, Krŏng Preăh Seihănŭ), also known as Kampong Saom (កំពង់សោម, Kâmpóng Saôm), is a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital of Preah Sihanouk Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula in the country's south-west on the Gulf of Thailand.
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Sinn Sisamouth
Sinn Sisamouth (c. 1932 – c. 1976) was a Cambodian singer-songwriter active from the 1950s to the 1970s.
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Sisowath of Cambodia
Sisowath (ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ,; 7 September 1840 – 9 August 1927) was King of Cambodia from 27 April 1904 to his death in 1927.
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Sisowath Sirik Matak
Sisowath Sirik Matak (ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ សិរិមតៈ; 22 January 191421 April 1975) was a Cambodian politician and member of the Cambodian royal family, under the House of Sisowath.
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Slavery in Asia
An overview of Asian slavery shows it has existed in all regions of Asia throughout its history.
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Social norms are shared standards of acceptable behavior by groups.
Sokun Nisa
Sokun Nisa (សុគន្ធ និសា|Sŏkônth Nĭsa; born 1 May 1983) is a Cambodian singer and actress.
Sombai
Sombai (from សុំបាយ – "some rice, please") is a liqueur manufacturer in Siem Reap founded in 2012.
Son Chhay
Son Chhay (សុន ឆ័យ; born 1 January 1956) is a Cambodian politician, and one of the highest-ranking members of the Cambodia National Rescue Party.
South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.
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South India
South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.
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Soy sauce
Soy sauce (sometimes called soya sauce in British English) is a liquid condiment of Chinese origin, traditionally made from a fermented paste of soybeans, roasted grain, brine, and Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus sojae molds.
Soybean
The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (Glycine max) is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses.
Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary
Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary (ដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃស្រែពក, formerly Mondulkiri Protected Forest) is a large wildlife sanctuary in Mondulkiri Province, eastern Cambodia established on May 9, 2016, according to Sub-decree No.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. Cambodia and Sri Lanka are Buddhist states, countries in Asia and member states of the United Nations.
State religion
A state religion (also called official religion) is a religion or creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state.
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Steung Saen Municipality
Stueng Saen Municipality (ក្រុងស្ទឹងសែន) is a municipality, also a district within Kampong Thom province, in central Cambodia.
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Stung Treng Municipality
Stung Treng municipality (ក្រុងស្ទឹងត្រែង) is a municipality located in Stung Treng province, in north-east Cambodia.
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Stung Treng province
Stung Treng (ស្ទឹងត្រែង, UNGEGN: Stœ̆ng Trêng; ຊຽງແຕງ,,; lit. "River of Reeds") is a province of Cambodia in the northeast.
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Suong Municipality
Suong (សួង) is a municipality (krong) of Tboung Khmum Province in eastern Cambodia.
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Sustainability
Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long time.
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Svay Rieng municipality
Svay Rieng municipality (ក្រុងស្វាយរៀង) is a municipality located in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia.
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Svay Rieng province
Svay Rieng (ស្វាយរៀង, UNGEGN) is a province (khaet) in Cambodia.
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Sweet potato
The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.
Ta Khmau municipality
Ta Khmau (តាខ្មៅ) is the capital and largest city of Kandal province in central Cambodia.
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Ta Mok
Ta Mok (តាម៉ុក; born Chhit Choeun, ឈិត ជឿន; 1924 – 21 July 2006), also known as Nguon Kang, was a Cambodian military chief and soldier who was a senior figure in the Khmer Rouge and the leader of the national army of Democratic Kampuchea.
Takéo province
Takéo (តាកែវ) is a province (khaet) of Cambodia.
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Tamarind
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is a leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is indigenous to tropical Africa and naturalized in Asia.
Taoism
Taoism or Daoism is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao—generally understood as an impersonal, enigmatic process of transformation ultimately underlying reality.
Tboung Khmum province
Tboung Khmum (ត្បូងឃ្មុំ), also spelled as Tbong Khmum, is a province of Cambodia located on the central lowlands of the Mekong River.
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Tea Banh
Tea Banh (ទៀ បាញ់; born 5 November 1945) is a Cambodian politician and general.
Telephone numbers in Cambodia
International Access Codes are also used to select the operator.
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Territorial dispute
A territorial dispute or boundary dispute is a disagreement over the possession or control of territories (land, water or airspace) between two or more political entities.
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Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea involve conflicting island and maritime claims in the South China Sea made by Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan (Republic of China/ROC), and Vietnam.
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Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula. Cambodia and Thailand are countries in Asia, kingdoms, member states of ASEAN, member states of the United Nations and southeast Asian countries.
The Diplomat
The Diplomat is an international online news magazine covering politics, society, and culture in the Indo-Pacific region.
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
The Phnom Penh Post
The Phnom Penh Post (ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍, Phnum Pénh Pŏsdĕ) is a daily English-language newspaper published in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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The Straits Times
The Straits Times (also known informally by its abbreviation ST) is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust.
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The World Factbook
The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.
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Theravada
Theravāda ('School of the Elders') is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school.
Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Ton
Ton is any of several units of measure of mass, volume or force.
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Tonlé Sap
Tonlé Sap (ទន្លេសាប,; or commonly translated as 'Great Lake' is a lake in the northwest of Cambodia. Belonging to the Mekong River system, Tonlé Sap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia and one of the most diverse and productive ecosystems in the world.
Tonlé Sap Biosphere Reserve
The Tonlé Sap Biosphere Reserve is a unique ecological phenomenon surrounding the Tonlé Sap or Great Lake of Cambodia.
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Tonlé Sap River
Tonlé Sap (ទន្លេសាប) is a river in Cambodia that connects the Tonlé Sap lake with the Mekong river.
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Tourism in Cambodia
Tourism in Cambodia is one of the most important sectors in the country's economy.
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Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries and territories imposed quarantines, entry bans, or other travel restrictions for citizens of or recent travelers to the most affected areas.
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), or the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty, is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons with the ultimate goal being their total elimination.
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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (translit), or simply Tuol Sleng (ទួលស្លែង, Tuŏl Slêng; lit. "Hill of the Poisonous Trees" or "Strychnine Hill"), is a museum chronicling the Cambodian genocide.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
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United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Cambodia in 1992–93 formed following the 1991 Paris Peace Accords.
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United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States.
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UTC+07:00
UTC+07:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +07:00.
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country. Cambodia and Vietnam are countries in Asia, member states of ASEAN, member states of the United Nations and southeast Asian countries.
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
Vietnamese Cambodians
Vietnamese Cambodians refers to ethnic group of Vietnamese who live in Cambodia or it refers to Vietnamese who are of full or partial Khmer descent.
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Vietnamese people
The Vietnamese people (người Việt) or the Kinh people (người Kinh|lit.
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Vigna subterranea
Vigna subterranea (common names: Bambara groundnut, Bambara nut, Bambara bean, Congo goober, earth pea, ground-bean, or hog-peanut) is a member of the family Fabaceae.
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Vocational education
Vocational education is education that prepares people for a skilled craft as an artisan, trade as a tradesperson, or work as a technician.
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Voice of America
Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is an international radio broadcasting state media agency owned by the United States of America.
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War crime
A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hostages, unnecessarily destroying civilian property, deception by perfidy, wartime sexual violence, pillaging, and for any individual that is part of the command structure who orders any attempt to committing mass killings including genocide or ethnic cleansing, the granting of no quarter despite surrender, the conscription of children in the military and flouting the legal distinctions of proportionality and military necessity.
Water supply in Cambodia
Water supply in Cambodia is characterized by a low level of access in rural areas compared to relatively high access to an improved water source in urban areas.
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World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
World Food Programme
The World Food Programme (WFP) is an international organization within the United Nations that provides food assistance worldwide.
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World music
"World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-Western countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music.
World Peace Foundation
The World Peace Foundation or WPF, created in 1910, is a philanthropic foundation for research into peace processes affiliated with The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade.
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.
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Yeay Mao
Yeay Mao or Lok Yeay Mao (យាយម៉ៅ- លោកយាយម៉ៅ, p, or p, Grandma Mao) is an ancient mythical heroine and a neak ta divinity in the local popular form of Buddhism and Brahmanism in Cambodia.
Yellow badge
The yellow badge, also known as the yellow patch, the Jewish badge, or the yellow star (Judenstern), was a special accessory that Jews were required to wear in certain non-Jewish societies throughout history.
Yorm Bopha
Yorm Bopha (Khmer:, born c. 1983) is a Cambodian land rights activist noted for her opposition to development around Boeung Kak lake.
.kh
.kh is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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102nd meridian east
The meridian 102° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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108th meridian east
The meridian 108° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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10th parallel north
The 10th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 10 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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15th parallel north
The 15th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 15 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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1970 Cambodian coup d'état
The 1970 Cambodian coup d'état (រដ្ឋប្រហារឆ្នាំ១៩៧០, Coup d'État de 1970) was the removal of the Cambodian Chief of State, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, after a vote in the National Assembly on 18 March 1970.
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1972 AFC Asian Cup
The 1972 AFC Asian Cup was the 5th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), that was hosted in Thailand.
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1991 Paris Peace Agreements
The Paris Peace Agreements (សន្ធិសញ្ញាសន្តិភាពទីក្រុងប៉ារីស ឆ្នាំ១៩៩១; Accords de paix de Paris), officially the Comprehensive Cambodian Peace Agreements, were signed on 23 October 1991 and marked the official end of the Cambodian–Vietnamese War and the Third Indochina War.
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1993 Cambodian general election
General elections were held in Cambodia between 23 and 28 May 1993.
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1997 Cambodian coup d'état
The 1997 Cambodian coup d'état (រដ្ឋប្រហារកម្ពុជាឆ្នាំ១៩៩៧, UNGEGN: Rôdthâbrâhar Kâmpŭchéa chhnăm 1997) took place in Cambodia from July to September 1997.
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2013 Cambodian general election
General elections were held in Cambodia on 28 July 2013.
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2013–2014 Cambodian protests
Anti-government protests (បាតុកម្មប្រឆាំងរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល) were a series of protests in Cambodia from July 2013 to July 2014.
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2018 Cambodian general election
General elections were held in Cambodia on Sunday, 29 July 2018 to elect members of the sixth National Assembly.
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2020 Pacific typhoon season
The 2020 Pacific typhoon season was the first of an ongoing series of below average Pacific typhoon seasons, and became the first with below-average tropical cyclone activity since 2014, with 23 named storms, 10 of which became typhoons and only 2 became super typhoons.
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2023 Cambodian general election
General elections were held in Cambodia on 23 July 2023 to elect members of the National Assembly.
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2023 SEA Games
The 2023 Southeast Asian Games (Khmer: ការប្រកួតកីឡាប្រជាជាតិអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍២០២៣, UNGEGN: Kar Brâkuŏt Keila Brâchéachéatĕ Asi Aknéy 2023), also known as the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, or the 32nd SEA Games, and commonly known as Cambodia 2023, was the 32nd edition of the Southeast Asian Games, a biennial sports multi-sport event which was held from 5 to 17 May 2023 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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2024 Cambodian Senate election
Senate elections were held in Cambodia on 25 February 2024.
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See also
1953 establishments in Asia
1993 establishments in Asia
- ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship
- Cambodia
- Central Asian Volleyball Association
- East Asian Games
- East Asian Zonal Volleyball Association
- Egypt International Holy Quran Competition
- Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association
- SAFF Championship
- Southeast Asian Volleyball Association
802 establishments
- Byzantine Empire under the Nikephorian dynasty
- Cambodia
- Haeinsa
- Isawa Castle
- Khmer Empire
- Takkoku-no-Iwaya
Buddhist states
- Bhutan
- Cambodia
- Myanmar
- Sri Lanka
- Tibet Autonomous Region
Kingdoms
- Alo (Wallis and Futuna)
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Commonwealth realms
- Danish Realm
- Eswatini
- Guinala
- Jordan
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Lesotho
- Monarchy of Antigua and Barbuda
- Monarchy of Belize
- Monarchy of Grenada
- Monarchy of Jamaica
- Monarchy of Papua New Guinea
- Monarchy of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Monarchy of Saint Lucia
- Monarchy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Monarchy of Solomon Islands
- Monarchy of Thailand
- Monarchy of Tuvalu
- Monarchy of the Bahamas
- Monarchy of the United Kingdom
- Morocco
- Norway
- Saudi Arabia
- Sigave
- Spain
- Thailand
- Tonga
- United Kingdom
- Uvea (Wallis and Futuna)
Least developed countries
- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- East Timor
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia
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