plural Khmer or Khmers
1
: a member of an aboriginal people of Cambodia
2
: the Mon-Khmer language of the Khmer people that is the official language of Cambodia
Khmer
adjective
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Spanning over two ever-changing decades, from post–Khmer Rouge Phnom Penh to early 2000s California, a Cambodian woman grapples with her identity, family, and love amid profound cultural and historical upheavals.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
Preah Vihear was built primarily during the golden period of the Khmer Empire, in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, though there’s evidence of construction at the temple’s location at the edge of the Khmer kingdom that dates back to the ninth century.
—Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 12 Nov. 2024
McKay eventually escaped to the countryside, where he was apparently killed by the Khmer Rouge.
—Roberto Loiederman, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
Recent decades have seen the repatriation of Khmer artifacts from abroad, some of which were looted in the 1970s during the period of violence and instability under the communist Khmer Rouge regime, per the Associated Press.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
Preah Vihear was built primarily during the golden period of the Khmer Empire, in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, though there’s evidence of construction at the temple’s location at the edge of the Khmer kingdom that dates back to the ninth century.
—Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 12 Nov. 2024
McKay eventually escaped to the countryside, where he was apparently killed by the Khmer Rouge.
—Roberto Loiederman, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
Recent decades have seen the repatriation of Khmer artifacts from abroad, some of which were looted in the 1970s during the period of violence and instability under the communist Khmer Rouge regime, per the Associated Press.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Khmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Khmer. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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Khmer
noun
: a member of an aboriginal people of Cambodia
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