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Kampuchean

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Khmer

 or Cambodian or Kampuchean

Any member of the ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia. Smaller numbers of Khmer also live in southeastern Thailand and the Mekong River delta of southern Vietnam. Traditional Khmer are a predominantly agricultural people, subsisting on rice and fish and living in villages. Their crafts include weaving, pottery making, and metalworking. They follow Theravada Buddhism, which coexists with pre-Buddhist animistic beliefs. Indian culture has historically been a strong influence on Khmer culture.

Kampuchean
1. of or relating to Kampuchea, a former name for Cambodia, or its inhabitants
2. a native or inhabitant of Kampuchea


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By 1979, it should have been clear that at least one million people had died from starvation or summary execution during the Democratic Kampuchean regime.
Manufacturing dissent: Noam Chomsky and the crisis of the Western Left by Morley, Gareth / Inroads: A Journal of Opinion
A Kampuchean Airlines-chartered Tristar jet was due at Stansted late last night to take back any hostages who wanted to return to Afghanistan.
STRAW CRUSHES ASYLUM HOPES AFTER JET HIJACK by Thompson, David / Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
83 Kampuchean 280 379 375 525 Vietnamese 622 852 256 131 Laotian 6 152 67 20 Year Total 908 1383 698 676 Grand Total 908 2291 2989 3665 1.
"BIRDS IN A GILDED CAGE": RESETTLEMENT PROSPECTS FOR ADULT REFUGEES ... by Omundsen, Helen / Social Policy Journal of New Zealand
 
 
 
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