CAMBODIA


Meaning of CAMBODIA in English

Cam ‧ bo ‧ di ‧ a /kæmˈbəʊdiə/ BrE AmE

a country in southeast Asia between Thailand and Vietnam. Population: 14,131,858 (2007). Capital: Phnom Penh. Its former name was Kampuchea. Cambodia experienced terrible suffering during the 1970s under the government of Pol Pot, and during the ↑ civil war that followed in the 1980s. But there were free elections in 1993, and the country began to be rebuilt after many years of war.

—Cambodian adjective , noun

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.