Banteay Meanchey

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Banteay Meanchey 1
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Type Political Subdivision
Usage Khmer
Scripts បន្ទាយ្មានជ័យ្(Khmer)
Pronounced Pron. bahnteey meenkyiy  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From Khmer បន្ទាយ្ (banteay) meaning “fortress” and from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning “victory”.
Added 4/14/2021 by somsom

Banteay Meanchey 2
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Type Political Subdivision
Usage Khmer
Scripts បន្ទាយមានជ័យ(Khmer)
Pronounced Pron. bahn-TEEY meen-KYIY  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "fortress of victory" in Khmer, from បន្ទាយ (banteay) meaning "fort, fortress", មាន (mean) meaning "have, possess, own" and ជ័យ (chay) meaning "victory". This is the name of a province of Cambodia.
Added 5/1/2023 by anonymous