Banteay Meancheyបន្ទាយ្មានជ័យ្(Political Subdivision)Khmer From Khmer បន្ទាយ្ (banteay) meaning “fortress” and from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning “victory”.
Banteay Meancheyបន្ទាយមានជ័យ(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means "fortress of victory" in Khmer, from បន្ទាយ (banteay) meaning "fort, fortress", មាន (mean) meaning "have, possess, own" and ជ័យ (chay) meaning "victory"... [more]
Batdambangបាត់ដំបង(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Khmer Alternate transcription of Khmer បាត់ដំបង (see Battambang).
Battambangបាត់ដំបង្(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means “loss of stick”, referring to the local legend, Preah Bat Dambang Kranhoung.
Battambangបាត់ដំបង(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Khmer Means "lost stick" in Khmer, from បាត់ (bat) meaning "lost, gone, missing" and ដំបង (dambang) meaning "stick, staff", named in reference to a local legend of a king who lost a stick in the area... [more]
Champaចាម្ប៉ា(Country)Cham, Khmer, Lao, English 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.
Chatឆាដ(Body of Water & Country)Khmer Khmer form of Chad.
Chbonជប៉ុន(Country)Khmer Khmer form of Japan via the French form Japon.
Funanហ៊្វូណន(Country)Chinese, Khmer, English Meaning uncertain, possibly from a Chinese transcription of Khmer ភ្នំ (phnum) meaning "mountain". This was the name of an ancient kingdom (or group of kingdoms) that existed on mainland Southeast Asia from the 1st to 6th centuries.
Funanហ៊្វូណន(Country)Chinese, Khmer, Thai, English Meaning uncertain, possibly from a Chinese transcription of Khmer ភ្នំ (phnum) meaning "mountain". This was the name of an ancient kingdom (or group of kingdoms) that existed on mainland Southeast Asia from the 1st to 6th centuries.
Gassaហ្គាស្សា(Region & Settlement)Khmer Khmer form of Gaza.
Kampong Chamកំពង់ចាម្(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means “port of the chams” in Khmer.
Kampong Chamកំពង់ចាម(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means "port of the Chams" in Khmer, from កំពង់ (kampong) meaning "port, landing" and ចាម (cham) referring to the Cham people. This is the name of a province of Cambodia.
Kampong Chhnangកំពង់ឆ្នាំង្(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means “port of pottery” in Khmer.
Kampong Chhnangកំពង់ឆ្នាំង(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Khmer Means "port of pottery" in Khmer, from កំពង់ (kampong) meaning "port, landing" and ឆ្នាំង (chhnang) meaning "pot". This is the name of a province of and city in Cambodia.
Kampong Speuកំពង់ស្ពឺ(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means “port of starfruit” in Khmer.
Kampong Speuកំពង់ស្ពឺ(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means "port of starfruit" in Khmer, from កំពង់ (kampong) meaning "port, landing" and ស្ពឺ (speu) meaning "starfruit". This is the name of a province of Cambodia.
Kampong Thomកំពង់ធំ(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means “great port” in Khmer.
Kampong Thomកំពង់ធំ(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Khmer Means "great port" in Khmer, from កំពង់ (kampong) meaning "port, landing" and ធំ (thom) meaning "big, large, great". This is the name of a province of and city in Cambodia.
Koh Kongកោះកុង(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Khmer Possibly means "crooked island" from Khmer កោះ (kaoh) meaning "island" and កុង (kong) meaning "curved, crooked, bent". This is the name of a province of Cambodia as well as another name for the city of Khemarak Phoumin.
Kratiéក្រចេះ(Political Subdivision)Khmer (Gallicized) Meaning uncertain, possibly from a corruption of the French name Gatille, either a surname or the name of a post in colonial times. Alternately it may come from Khmer ក្រចេះ (kracheh) referring to a type of tree with aromatic wood (genus Naringi) or from a word meaning "buffalo"... [more]
Meikongមេគង្គ(River)Khmer From Khmer មេ (me) meaning "mother" and គង្គ (kuangkea) meaning "river", used for the Mekong.
Mondolkiriមណ្ឌលគិរី(Political Subdivision)Khmer Alternate transcription of Khmer មណ្ឌលគិរី (see Mondulkiri).
Mondulkiriមណ្ឌល្គិរី(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means “center of mountains” in Khmer.
Mondulkiriមណ្ឌលគិរី(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means "center of mountains" from Khmer មណ្ឌល (mondol) meaning "center, circle" and គិរី (kiri) meaning "mountain, hill". This is the name of a province of Cambodia.
Mongguliម៉ុងហ្គោលី(Country, Political Subdivision & Region)Khmer Khmer form of Mongolia via the French form Mongolie.
Noavehន័រវែស(Country)Khmer Khmer form of Norway via the French form Norvège.
Oddar Meancheyឧត្ដរ្មានជ័យ្(Political Subdivision)Khmer From Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara) meaning “north” and from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning “victory”.
Oddar Meancheyឧត្តរមានជ័យ(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means "victorious north" from Khmer ឧត្តរ (otda) meaning "north", មាន (mean) meaning "have, possess, own" and ជ័យ (chey) meaning "victory". This is the name of a province of Cambodia.
Preah Sihanoukព្រះសីហនុ(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means “province of the holy Sihanouk (former king)” in Khmer.
Preah Sihanoukព្រះសីហនុ(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Khmer Named in honour of Cambodian king Norodom Sihanouk (1922-2012), who reigned from 1941-1955 and again from 1993-2004. This is the Khmer name of the province and city of Sihanoukville.
Preah Vihearព្រះវិហារ្(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means “sacred sanctuary” in Khmer.
Preah Vihearព្រះវិហារ(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Khmer From the name of an ancient temple itself meaning "temple, sanctuary", derived from Khmer ព្រះ (preah) meaning "god, lord" and វិហារ (vihear) meaning "temple, monastery"... [more]
Presilប្រេស៊ីល(Country)Khmer Khmer form of Brazil via the French form Brésil.
Prey Vengព្រៃវែង្(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means “long forest” in Khmer.
Prey Vengព្រៃវែង(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Khmer Means "long forest" from Khmer ព្រៃ (prey) meaning "jungle, forest, woods" and វែង (veng) meaning "long". This is the name of a province of, as well as a town in, Cambodia.
Pruchsaelព្រុចសែល(Settlement)Khmer Khmer form of Brussels via the French form Bruxelles.
Pursatពោធិ៍សាត់(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means “drifting awakened” in Khmer.
Pursatពោធិ៍សាត់(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Khmer Means "floating banyan" from Khmer ពោធិ៍ (po) meaning "banyan tree" and សាត់ (sat) meaning "to float". This is the name of a province of, as well as a town in, Cambodia.
Ratanakiriរតនគិរី(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means "mountain of gems" from Khmer រតន (rotan) meaning "gem, jewel, crystal" and គិរី (kiri) meaning "mountain". This is the name of a province of Cambodia.
Siamសៀម(Country)English, Khmer From Portuguese Sciam, which was derived from Thai สยาม (sayam) of contested origin. It may have come from Pali suvaṇṇabhūmi meaning "land of gold", from Sanskrit श्याम (shyama) meaning "dark, black, blue" or from Mon ရာမည (ramanya) meaning "stranger"... [more]
Siem Reapសៀមរាប(Settlement)Khmer, English Means "submission of Siam", from Khmer សៀម (Siem) referring to Siam (or Thailand) and រាប (reap) meaning "submissive, obedient, tame"... [more]
Siem Riepសៀម្រាប្(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means “Siam defeated” in Khmer.
Stung Trengស្ទឹងត្រែង(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Khmer Means "river of reeds" from Khmer ស្ទឹង (stung) meaning "stream, small river" and ត្រែង (traeng) meaning "reed". This is the name of a province of, as well as a city in, Cambodia.
Stung Trengស្ទឹង្ត្រែង្(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means “river of reeds” in Khmer.
Sudangស៊ូដង់(Country)Khmer Khmer form of Sudan via the French form Soudan.
Svay Riengស្វាយរៀង(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Khmer Possibly from Khmer ស្វាយ (svay) meaning "mango" and រៀង (rieng) meaning "arrange, line up" or "sequential, consecutive, in order". This is the name of a province of, as well as a town in, Cambodia.
Svihស្វីស(Country)Khmer Khmer form of Schweiz via the French form Suisse, used as the Khmer name of Switzerland.