khmer : Idioms & Phrases


khmer rouge

  • noun 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
    Communist Party of Kampuchea; KR; Party of Democratic Kampuchea.
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mon-khmer

  • noun a branch of the Austro-Asiatic languages
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munda-mon-khmer

  • noun a family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia
    Austro-Asiatic; Austro-Asiatic language.
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