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Kampot, Cambodia
(kämpôt´) , town, capital of Kampot prov., S Cambodia, on the Gulf of Thailand. It is a seaport on the Phnom Penh-Kompong Som RR and the center of the Cambodian pepper culture. Several agricultural projects were set up in Kampot after 1975. Kampot is a charming little town at a scenic river. Quiet relaxing. This place still remains off the tourist track. Plenty of French colonial style buildings and surrounding natural attractions, such as mountains, waterfalls, beaches, etc. Most of the streets do not have street signs. But it is not difficult to find your way around. All directions are given from the central roundabout in the middle of Kampot. All GHs and Hotels are located around this central roundabout area, along the river front area and the market area.
(käm´pông´ sôm) , formerly Sihanoukville , city and seaport (1994 est. pop. 75,000), located in but politically independent of Kampot prov., S Cambodia, on the Gulf of Thailand. Although a new city (completed 1960), it is the principal deepwater port and commercial outlet of Cambodia. The city and port were built on mud flats, with French aid, and grew with the construction of a highway and railroad to Phnom Penh. Kompong Som has an international airport.
1). n. official language of Cambodia; ethnic group from Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam which speaks the Khmer language and practices Theravada Buddhism. 2). n. member of an aboriginal Cambodian people who founded the Khmer Empire in the 6th century BC. (pl. Khmers)
n. capital city of Kampuchea (former name of Cambodia) with a population of one million (2003)
n. the name Cambodians use for their country; it is associated with the bloody rule of Khmer Rouge, which insisted that the outside world use the name Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979.
n. literally, Small Vehicle; a school of Buddhism also known as Theravada
n. literally, Great Vehicle; a school of Buddhism (also known as the northern school) that built upon and extended the early Buddhist teaching
n. a school of Buddhism (also known as the southern school or Hinayana) found in Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos and Cambodia; this school confined itself to the early Buddhist teaching rather than the expanded doctrine called Mahayana
n. an epic Sanskrit poem composed around 300BC featuring the mythical Ramachandra, the incarnation of the god Vishnu
n. the former leader of the Khmer Rouge who is roundly blamed for the suffering and deaths of millions of Cambodians under a radical social experiment from 1975 to 1979; also known as Saloth Sar
n. sacred ox
n. temple tower
n. stone or brick hall with religious or royal significance
n. like a fruit smoothie, often very sweet and, if an egg is added, frothy
n. ancient Hindu language that, along with Pali, is the root of modern Khmer language
n. temple sanctuary
n. 1975, the year the Khmer Rouge seized power
n. mountain
n. market
n. lake
n. mythical serpent, often multi-headed; a symbol used extensively in Angkorian architecture
n. a large trailer hitched to a motorbike and pretty much operates as a low-tech local bus with natural air-conditioning. They are used throughout the rural Cambodia to transport people and goods.
n. are the equivalent of Venice’s vaporetto, a sort of local river bus or taxi. Found all over Cambodia, they are small fiberglass boats with 15hp and 40hp engines, and can carry up to 6 people for local or longer trip.
n. Lower Khmer or ethnic Khmers living in Vietnam
n. Upper Khmer or ethnic minorities in northeastern Cambodia
n. extremely rare wild ox of Southeast Asia
n. scarf
n. ethnic minorities
n. ancient Indian language that, along with Sanskrit, is the root of modern Khmer
n. mythical half-man, half-bird creature
n. pedicab; bicycle rickshaw
n. reservoir
