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kampong

/kahm-pawng, -pong, kahm-pawng, -pong/US // ˈkɑm pɔŋ, -pɒŋ, kɑmˈpɔŋ, -ˈpɒŋ //UK // (ˈkæmpɒŋ, kæmˈpɒŋ) //

坎普,坎城,坎普尔,坎帕

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small village or community of houses in Malay-speaking lands.

Examples

  • And so I laughed again when I heard of a small outbreak in Kampong Raja.

  • There are suggestions of a perkara with a woman, in the kampong, of jealousy.

  • The people of the village feasted abundantly— Jenoh-lah di-makan orang kampong itu.

  • The headman of the village received him— Di-sambut-kan-nia kapala kampong.

  • There they stood, mystified at seeing white men in the village Kampong.

  • The compound in which the victims of "Chinese slavery" languished is the Malay kampong, an enclosure.

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