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Khmer

Khmer can refer to: Srok Khmer the modern Kingdom of Cambodia
Khmer people, the ethnic group to which the great majority of Cambodians belong
Khmer Krom, Khmer people living in the Delta and the Lower Mekong area
Khmer Loeu, the Mon-Khmer highland tribes in Cambodia
Khmer language, the language of the Khmer and the official language of Cambodia
Khmer script, the script used to write the Khmer and Khmer Loeu languages
Khmer cuisine, the dominant cuisine in Cambodia
Khmer architecture, the architecture of Cambodia
Khmer Empire, which ruled much of Indochina from the 9th to the 13th centuries
Khmer Republic, the name of Cambodia from 1970 to 1975
Khmer Issarak, anti-French, Khmer nationalist political movement formed in 1945
Khmer Serei, anti-communist and anti-monarchist guerrilla force founded by Cambodian nationalist Son Ngoc Thanh
Khmer Sar (White Khmer), pro-US force formed by Khmer Republic's defence minister Sak Sutsakhan.

Political terms coined by Norodom Sihanouk based on the word 'Khmer': Khmer Rouge, a Cambodian Communist political group and guerrilla movement
Khmer Viet Minh Cambodian communists who lived in exile in North Vietnam after the 1954 Geneva Conference.
Khmer Bleu, Sihanouk's domestic opponents on the right, whom he so named to distinguish them from his domestic opponents on the left, the 'Khmer Rouge'

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Translation

The word "Khmer" occurs as such in the following languages: English, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Portuguese, Swedish, Vietnamese.

Translation(s) in other languages: Spanish: Jemer, Tamil: கெமர், Chinese: 高棉.


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