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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Grégoire Colin, meanwhile, plays Alain Cariou, a Caldwell stand-in in several ways — those with a working knowledge of the Khmer Rouge will undoubtedly recognize his story — but a character whose objectives are plucked out of Panh’s imagination.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 May 2024
Those students, who had organized Cambodian associations in the region, helped resettle refugees as hundreds of thousands of Cambodians were forced to flee the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in 1975.
—Aida Ylanan, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
These types of statues were popularized in Cambodia in the 12th century during the reign of Jayavarman VII, king of the Khmer Empire, according to the Met Museum.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024
Little Phnom Penh explores a Cambodian woman’s personal desires and changing family roles over two decades and between the U.S. and Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
More than 200 Cambodians gathered recently at Cal State Long Beach to celebrate the launch of the Khmer Movement for Democracy, led by the political exile Mu Sochua.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Beginning in the ’70s, Cambodia endured a period of war and suffered under the cruel Khmer Rouge regime, which rendered the region vulnerable to archaeological looting.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
Consider what happened in 1975 when forces from the Khmer Rouge, the Communist group in Cambodia, captured the merchant vessel Mayaguez and its 39 American crewmembers.
—Dominic Tierney, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
The same thing happened in Cambodia, when the Khmer Rouge were in power, and elsewhere.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Mar. 2024
Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 May 2024
Those students, who had organized Cambodian associations in the region, helped resettle refugees as hundreds of thousands of Cambodians were forced to flee the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in 1975.
—Aida Ylanan, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
These types of statues were popularized in Cambodia in the 12th century during the reign of Jayavarman VII, king of the Khmer Empire, according to the Met Museum.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024
Little Phnom Penh explores a Cambodian woman’s personal desires and changing family roles over two decades and between the U.S. and Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
More than 200 Cambodians gathered recently at Cal State Long Beach to celebrate the launch of the Khmer Movement for Democracy, led by the political exile Mu Sochua.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Beginning in the ’70s, Cambodia endured a period of war and suffered under the cruel Khmer Rouge regime, which rendered the region vulnerable to archaeological looting.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
Consider what happened in 1975 when forces from the Khmer Rouge, the Communist group in Cambodia, captured the merchant vessel Mayaguez and its 39 American crewmembers.
—Dominic Tierney, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
The same thing happened in Cambodia, when the Khmer Rouge were in power, and elsewhere.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 11 Mar. 2024
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Khmer
noun
: a member of an aboriginal people of Cambodia
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