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English
Etymology
From Khmer កម្ពុជាក្រោម (kampuciə kraom, literally “Lower Cambodia”).
Proper noun
Kampuchea Krom
- The southern portion of Vietnam that was formerly Cambodian territory.
1967, Michael Leifer, Cambodia: The Search for Security, Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., Publishers, page 143:At the end of August, 1963, the Cambodian Government broke off diplomatic relations with South Viet-Nam, "in view of the countless crimes the latter government has been ceaselessly perpetuating for years against the Khmer people of Cambodia, the Khmer community of Kampuchea Krom, and Buddhism."
1984, Michael Vickery, Cambodia, 1975-1982, Boston, Massachusetts: South End Press, →ISBN, page 190:The local village chief (protean phum) explained that Cambodian forces were attacking and were going to liberate Kampuchea Krom, the old Khmer areas of southern Vietnam. According to S.S., they penetrated over 10 km into Vietnam in that attack.