Kam ‧ pu ‧ che ‧ a /ˌkæmpʊˈtʃiːə/ BrE AmE
a former name of ↑ Cambodia , a country in southeast Asia. This name is connected especially with ↑ Pol Pot , the Communist leader of the ↑ Khmer Rouge , who was responsible for the killing of millions of people when he was in power from 1975 to 1979.