Cambodians

Southeast Asian people

Cambodians are people from Cambodia, the Southeast Asian nation bordering Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.

The term covers citizens, ethnic Khmers, and members of the Cambodian diaspora: Many Cambodians fled during the Khmer Rouge era.

As an adjective, Cambodian describes things relating to the country, its people, or their culture: Cambodian cuisine, Cambodian history.

identity

Khmer

Cambodia's dominant ethnic group

immigrant · refugee · compatriot · native · resident · population · ancestry · heritage · homeland · Lowell

regional

ASEAN

Southeast Asian intergovernmental body

  • MekongMajor Southeast Asian river
  • IndochinaSoutheast Asian peninsula region
  • VietnamSoutheast Asian coastal nation

Thailand · Laos · monsoon · tropical · Buddhist · colonialism · Siamese · Vietnamese · Thai · borderlands

geography

floodplains

Low areas rivers inundate

Categories
Opposites
regional/neighboring contrast

CambodiansVietnamese

Of Southeast Asian nation

Thais · Khmer Rouge · Laotians · Burmese · Malaysians

Phrases
Family

Cambodia, Cambodian

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G