Type Country
Usage Champa
Meaning & History
Located in south and central Vietnam from the 7th century through 1832.
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Type Country
Scripts ꨌꩌꨛꨩ(Cham) ចាម្ប៉ា(Khmer) ຈຳປາ(Lao)
Pronounced Pron. /t͡ɕam˩.ˈpaː˩/(Lao) /t͡ɕam˩˧.ˈpaː˩˧/(Lao) /t͡ɕam˩˨.ˈpaː˩˨/(Lao) /ˈtʃæm.pə/(English) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
From Vietnamese Chăm Pa ultimately derived from Sanskrit चम्पक (champaka) referring to a type of flowering tree (genus Magnolia). This is the name of a collection of ancient kingdoms that existed between the 2nd and 17th centuries in what is now central and southern Vietnam.
See Also
User submission Chăm Pa