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Kampuchea

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Kam·pu·che·a  (kmp-ch)
See Cambodia.
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Noun1.KampucheaKampuchea - a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946
Communist Party of Kampuchea, Khmer Rouge, Party of Democratic Kampuchea, KR - a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999
ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations - an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism
Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, Pnom Penh - the capital and largest city of Kampuchea
Indochina, Indochinese peninsula - a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam
Mekong, Mekong River - an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea
Cambodian, Kampuchean - a native or inhabitant of Cambodia
Translations
Kampuchea [kæmpuˈtʃɪə] nKampuchea
Kampuchea [kæmpuˈtʃɪə] nKampuchéa m
Kampuchea [kæmpuˈtʃɪə] nKampuchea nt
Kampuchea [kæmpuˈtʃɪə] nKampuchea f


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Patron-client networks within the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), the former Communist Party of Kampuchea that ruled Cambodia with Vietnamese military backing in the 1980s, were built in the 1980s and consolidated in the early 1990s.
At the same time, many other Asian nations--Bhutan, Kampuchea, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Central Asian countries--are lagging behind by far in this area.
Cambodia was renamed Democratic Kampuchea and a four-year purge began in which the Khmer Rouge regime tried to eliminate all signs of the educated classes.
 
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