official language of Cambodia; ethnic group from Cambodia and Thailand as well as Vietnam which speaks the Khmer language and practices Theravada Buddhism
member of an aboriginal Cambodian people who founded the Khmer Empire in the 6th century BC
khmer
n : the mon-khmer language spoken in cambodia [syn: khmer]
Khmer may 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
- Northern Khmer people, or Khmer Surin of Northeast Thailand
- 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.
- Khmer (album), a 1997 jazz album by Nils Petter Molvær
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Central Khmer is a language spoken in Cambodia and Vietnam.
The language is: Central Khmer
Noun
1. the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Cambodia
(hypernym) Mon-Khmer
2. a native or inhabitant of Cambodia
(hypernym) Cambodian, Kampuchean
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