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Kampuchean

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/ ˌkæmpʊˈtʃɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Kampuchea, a former name for Cambodia, or its inhabitants

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noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Kampuchea

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Within two years of the Kampuchean government's 1979 announcement that a famine had pushed more than 2 million people to the brink of starvation, the West poured in more than $600 million worth of supplies.

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Before dawn, crowds of people waving red-and-yellow Vietnamese and Kampuchean flags assembled in the streets of Phnom Penh and along the boulevard leading to Pochentong airport.

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As the fighting raged, 230,000 Kampuchean refugees sought shelter across the frontier in Thailand.

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General Le Ngoc Hien, drove past the Kampuchean throngs in Soviet-made jeeps, followed by buses carrying other officers and enlisted men.

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The Vietnamese launched the initial phase of their offensive in November, and on Christmas Day attacked Rithysen, the biggest of eight Khmer Front guerrilla bases that dot the Kampuchean side of the border.

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