Southeast Asian nation, the name is said to be from Kambu, legendary ancestor of the people. Related: Cambodian.
Entries linking to cambodia
gamboge n.
type of gum-resin from Southeast Asia, used in Europe as a yellow dye and as a purgative in medicine, 1630, in widely varying spellings, from Modern Latin cambogium, ultimately from the source of the place name Cambodia.
Kampuchea
name taken by Cambodia after the communist takeover in 1975, representing a local pronunciation of the name that came into English as Cambodia. Related: Kampuchean.