kampong

or cam·pong

[ kahm-pawng, -pong, kahm-pawng, -pong ]

/ ˈkɑm pɔŋ, -pɒŋ, kɑmˈpɔŋ, -ˈpɒŋ /

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noun

a small village or community of houses in Malay-speaking lands.

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Origin of kampong

1835–45; <Malay kampung, kampong grouping or gathering together, especially a village; cf. compound²

Words nearby kampong

Kamloops, Kamloops trout, Kammerer, kamokamo, Kampala, kampong, Kampuchea, Kampuchean, kamseen, Kam-Tai, Kamut

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How to use kampong in a sentence

And so I laughed again when I heard of a small outbreak in Kampong Raja.
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There are suggestions of a perkara with a woman, in the kampong, of jealousy.
Old People and the Things That Pass|Louis Couperus
The people of the village feasted abundantly— Jenoh-lah di-makan orang kampong itu.
A Manual of the Malay language|William Edward Maxwell
The headman of the village received him— Di-sambut-kan-nia kapala kampong.
A Manual of the Malay language|William Edward Maxwell

There they stood, mystified at seeing white men in the village Kampong.
Flash-lights from the Seven Seas|William L. Stidger
The compound in which the victims of "Chinese slavery" languished is the Malay kampong, an enclosure.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley

British Dictionary definitions for kampong

kampong

/ (ˈkæmpɒŋ, kæmˈpɒŋ) /

noun

(in Malaysia) a village

Word Origin for kampong

C19: from Malay

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