Cambodian

[ kam-boh-dee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Cambodia, its people, or its culture.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Cambodia.
2. Khmer ( def 2 ).

Cambodian

/ kæmˈbəʊdɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Cambodia or its inhabitants

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Cambodia

Other Words From

• an·ti-Cam·bo·di·an adjective noun
• pro-Cam·bo·di·an adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cambodian¹

First recorded in 1760–70; Cambodi(a) + -an

Example Sentences

For example, the Cambodian population that’s in the United States—many of them were traumatized by government.

From MIT Technology Review

In February 1971 Bradlee was scheduled to visit Vietnam, and the day before his arrival, Osnos arranged to join a helicopter flight to the Cambodian border with other journalists.

From Washington Post

The school serves a mix of students from the city’s refugee communities — Hmong, Laotian, Cambodian and Sudanese students.

From Washington Post

A typical experience is that of Lang Long, a poor Cambodian man Urbina met in Thailand.

From Outside Online

She talks to her family, other Cambodian immigrants in her South Philadelphia neighborhood and community groups about the candidates and the races.

From ProPublica

The initial collections displayed Cambodian menu photo rejects and paper found in copy machines.

From The Daily Beast

One New York City-based salon owner on teaching Cambodian sex trade survivors his tricks of the trade.

From The Daily Beast

The company reacted on Monday, vowing to ensure better conditions for their Cambodian seamstresses.

From The Daily Beast

The 22-minute report (that you can watch with English subtitles here), alleges that H&M's Cambodian workers are vastly underpaid.

From The Daily Beast

A new Swedish documentary alleges that the retailer pays its Cambodian workers $.45 an hour.

From The Daily Beast

The Cambodian ballet-girls, when dancing in public, wear clothes that are simply fairy-like.

From Project Gutenberg

I had him removed from the window by force, undeterred by the insults with which he overwhelmed me in the Cambodian tongue.

From Project Gutenberg

The other Cambodian provinces now ruled by Siam are almost totally unknown by Europeans.

From Project Gutenberg

For example, the origin of the Mo practice of filing the teeth may be sought in a Cambodian fable.

From Project Gutenberg

We prefer the Cambodian sage who remarked: "In hell, it's bad form to harp on the heat."

From Project Gutenberg