plural Khmer or Khmers
1
: a member of an aboriginal people of Cambodia
2
: the Mon-Khmer language of the Khmer people that is the official language of Cambodia
Khmer
adjective
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In a country where Khmer Rouge leaders were prosecuted on Cambodian soil while former soldiers continue to live beside survivors, healing is remembrance.
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Victoria Bousis, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
Notable Vietnamese American leaders who emerged include Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and Joseph Cao, the first Vietnamese American elected to Congress, both refugees.
Cambodian Americans, fleeing the Khmer Rouge genocide, faced unique discrimination rooted in severe trauma.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 17 May 2025
The government doesn’t encourage remembrance of the day Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge.
—Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
In two weeks, guests will visit UNESCO sites like Luang Prabang, witness elephants in their natural habitats, attend an intimate Baci ceremony led by a Lao prince, attend a private fashion show from one of Cambodia’s top designers, take a helicopter tour over the Khmer temples of Angkor, and more.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
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Victoria Bousis, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
Notable Vietnamese American leaders who emerged include Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and Joseph Cao, the first Vietnamese American elected to Congress, both refugees.
Cambodian Americans, fleeing the Khmer Rouge genocide, faced unique discrimination rooted in severe trauma.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 17 May 2025
The government doesn’t encourage remembrance of the day Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge.
—Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
In two weeks, guests will visit UNESCO sites like Luang Prabang, witness elephants in their natural habitats, attend an intimate Baci ceremony led by a Lao prince, attend a private fashion show from one of Cambodia’s top designers, take a helicopter tour over the Khmer temples of Angkor, and more.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
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“Khmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Khmer. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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Khmer
noun
: a member of an aboriginal people of Cambodia
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