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Chinese
Etymology
From Middle Khmer kambuja, kambujja, kaṃbūjja, kumvuja, kāmabūja, kaṃmbujja (“kingdom of the Kambuja”), ultimately from Sanskrit काम्बोज (kāmboja); compare Modern Khmer កម្ពុជ (kɑmpuc), Khmer កម្ពុជា (kampuciə).
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
柬埔寨
- Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia)
Usage notes
Commonly misrendered as 東埔寨/东埔寨 in pre-modern texts.
Synonyms
- (short form) 柬國/柬国 (Jiǎnguó)
- (dated or regional) 高棉 (Gāomián)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
The kanji spelling is an example of ateji (当て字), from Chinese 柬埔寨 (Jiǎnpǔzhài).
Proper noun
柬埔寨 • (Kanbojia)
- dated spelling of カンボジア (Kanbojia): Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia)