Cambodia

English

Alternative forms

• Cambogia (obsolete)

Etymology

From French Cambodge and Portuguese Camboja. Both words are derived from Middle Khmer Kambuja (Modern Khmer កម្ពុជា (kampuciə)). Ultimately from Sanskrit काम्बोज (kāmboja, the name of a tribe mentioned in Hindu scripture). Doublet of Kampuchea and gamboge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kæmˈboʊdi.ə]

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Proper noun

Cambodia

2. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Cambodia. Capital: Phnom Penh. Former name: Kampuchea.

Translations

country in Southeast Asia

• Abkhaz: Камбоџа (Kʼambodẑa)
• Afrikaans: Kambodja
• Albanian: Kamboxhi f, Kamboxhia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ካምቦዲያ (kambodiya), ካምቦድያ (kambodya)
• Arabic: كَامْبُودِيَا f (kambōdiyā), كَمْبُودِيَا f (kambōdiyā)
• Armenian: Կամբոջա (hy) (Kamboǰa)
• Assamese: কম্বোডিয়া (kombüdia)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܵܡܒܘܿܕܝܼܵܐ f (Kambodiya)
• Asturian: Camboya (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Kamboca (az), Kamboçiya
• Bashkir: Камбоджа (Kambodja)
• Basque: Kanbodia
• Belarusian: Камбо́джа f (Kambódža)
• Bengali: কম্বোডিয়া (bn) (kombōḍiẏa)
• Breton: Kambodja
• Bulgarian: Камбо́джа (bg) f (Kambódža)
• Burmese: ကမ္ဘောဒီးယား (kambhau:di:ya:), ကမ္ဗောဒီးယား (kambau:di:ya:)
• Catalan: Cambodja (ca) f, Cambotja f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 柬埔寨 (yue) (gaan² bou³ zaai⁶)

  Mandarin: 柬埔寨 (zh) (Jiǎnpǔzhài), 高棉 (zh) (Gāomián)

  Wu: 柬埔寨 (⁵ci-phu-za)

• Czech: Kambodža (cs) f
• Danish: Cambodja n
• Dhivehi: ކެމްބޯޑިއާ (kem̊bōḍiā)
• Dutch: Cambodja (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ཀམ་བོ་ཌི་ཡ་ (kam bo ḍi ya)
• Esperanto: Kamboĝo (eo)
• Estonian: Kambodža (et)
• Faroese: Kambodja n
• Finnish: Kambodža (fi)
• French: Cambodge (fr) m
• Galician: Cambodja (gl) f, Camboxa (gl) f
• Georgian: კამბოჯა (ka) (ḳamboǯa)
• German: Kambodscha (de) n
• Greek: Καμπότζη (el) f (Kampótzi)
• Gujarati: કમ્બોડીયા (kamboḍīyā)
• Hausa: Kambodiya
• Hebrew: קַמְבּוֹדְיָה f (kambódya)
• Hindi: कम्बोडिया (hi) m (kamboḍiyā), कंबोडिया (hi) m (kamboḍiyā)
• Hungarian: Kambodzsa (hu)
• Icelandic: Kambódía (is) f
• Ido: Kambodja (io)
• Indonesian: Kamboja (id)
• Interlingua: Cambodia
• Irish: An Chambóid f
• Italian: Cambogia (it) f
• Japanese: カンボジア (ja) (Kambojia), カンボディア (ja) (Kambodia)
• Kannada: ಕಾಂಬೋಡಿಯ (kn) (kāmbōḍiya)
• Kazakh: Камбоджа (kk) (Kambodja)
• Khmer: កម្ពុជា (km) (kampuciə), កម្ពុជ (km) (kɑmpuc), កម្ពុជរដ្ឋ (km) (kɑmpuc rŏət), ខេមររដ្ឋ (kheemaʼraʼ rŏət), ស្រុកខ្មែរ (srok khmae)
• Korean: 캄보디아 (ko) (Kambodia), 캄보쟈 (ko) (Kamboja) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Kambodya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Камбоджа (ky) (Kambodja)
• Lao: ກຳພູຊາ (kam phū sā), ກຳປູເຈຍ (lo) (kam pū chīa)
• Latvian: Kambodža (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Kambodža (lt) f
• Lü: ᦶᦋᧃᦘᦴᦈᦻᧈ (tsaenphuuṫsaay¹)
• Macedonian: Камбо́џа (mk) f (Kambódža)
• Malay: Kemboja (ms)
• Malayalam: കംബോഡിയ (kambōḍiya)
• Maltese: il-Kambodja f
• Maori: Kamupōtia
• Marathi: कंबोडिया (kamboḍiyā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Камбож (Kambož)

  Mongolian: ᠺᠠᠮᠪᠤᠵᠠ (kambuǰa)

• Nepali: कम्बोडिया (kamboḍiyā)
• Norman: Cambodge f, Cambodia f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kambodsja (no) n

  Nynorsk: Kambodsja (nn) n

• Odia: କମ୍ବୋଡ଼ିଆ (kômboṛia)
• Ossetian: Камбоджӕ (Kamboǵæ)
• Pashto: کمبوديا f (kambodyā), کمپوچيا f (kampočyā)
• Persian:

  Dari: کَمْپُوچِیَا (kampūčiyā)

  Iranian Persian: کامْبوج (fa) (kâmboj)

• Polish: Kambodża (pl) f
• Portuguese: Camboja (pt) m
• Romanian: Cambodgia (ro) f
• Romansch: Cambodscha f
• Russian: Камбо́джа (ru) f (Kambódža), (former name) Кампу́чи́я (ru) f (Kampúčíja)
• Santali: ᱠᱮᱢᱵᱳᱰᱤᱭᱟ (kemboḍiya)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Камбо̀џа f, (old name) Кампучија f

  Roman: Kambòdža (sh) f, (old name) Kampučija f

• Sicilian: Camboggia f
• Sindhi: ڪمبوڊيا
• Sinhalese: කාම්‍බෝජය (kāmbōjaya)
• Slovak: Kambodža (sk) f
• Slovene: Kambodža (sl) f
• Spanish: Camboya (es) f
• Swahili: Kamboja
• Swedish: Kambodja (sv) n
• Tagalog: Kambodya
• Tajik: Камбоҷа (Kamboja), Кампучия (Kampučiya) (older name)
• Tamil: கம்போடியா (kampōṭiyā)
• Tatar: Камбоҗа (Qamboca)
• Telugu: కంబోడియా (te) (kambōḍiyā)
• Tetum: kamboja
• Thai: (official) กัมพูชา (th) (gam-puu-chaa), (dialect) เขมร (th) (kà-měen)
• Tibetan: ཁམ་པོ་ཛ (kham po dza)
• Tigrinya: ካምቦድያ (kambodya)
• Turkish: Kamboçya (tr)
• Turkmen: Kamboja
• Ukrainian: Камбо́джа (uk) f (Kambódža)
• Urdu: کَمْبوڈِیا m (kamboḍiyā)
• Uyghur: كامبودژا (kambodzha)
• Uzbek: Kambodja (uz)
• Vietnamese: Căm Bốt, Cao Miên (vi) (高綿)
• Volapük: Kambocän (vo)
• Yiddish: קאַמבאָדזשע (kambodzhe)
• Yoruba: Kàǹbódíà
• Zhuang: Genjbujcai

See also

• Kampuchea (former English name)
• Cambodia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Latin

Proper noun

Cambodia f sg (genitive Cambodiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cambodia
Genitive	Cambodiae
Dative	Cambodiae
Accusative	Cambodiam
Ablative	Cambodiā
Vocative	Cambodia

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamˈbɔdja/
• Rhymes: -ɔdja

Proper noun

Cambodia f

1. Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia)

Coordinate terms

• (countries of Asia) gwledydd Asia; Affganistan, Armenia, Aserbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhwtan, Brwnei, Cambodia, Casachstan, Catar, Coweit, Cirgistan, Cyprus, De Corea, Dwyrain Timor, yr Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig, Fietnam, Georgia, Iemen, India, Indonesia, Irac, Iran, Israel, Japan, Gwlad Tai, Gwlad yr Iorddonen, Laos, Libanus, Maleisia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Gogledd Corea, Oman, Pacistan, Palesteina, y Philipinau, Rwsia, Sawdi Arabia, Singapôr, Sri Lanca, Syria, Taiwan, Tajicistan, Tsieina, Twrci, Tyrkmenistan, Wsbecistan

Derived terms

• Teyrnas Cambodia (“Kingdom of Cambodia”)
• Cambodiad
• Cambodiaidd

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Cambodia	Gambodia	Nghambodia	Chambodia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.