Definition
A Malay or Southeast Asian village or compound, especially an enclosed settlement or fortified village.
Etymology
From Malay 'kampung' or 'kampong,' meaning village or settlement. Entered English through contact with Southeast Asian cultures during colonial trade and exploration periods.
Kelly Says
The word traveled from Malay traders to English explorers and colonists—'campong' represents how languages mix when cultures meet, and it shows English borrowing words for things it didn't have names for.
Translations
ARالعربية
campong
kam-po-ng
BNবাংলা
campong
kam-po-ng
CACatalà
campong
kam-po-ng
CSČeština
campong
kam-po-ng
DADansk
campong
kam-po-ng
DEDeutsch
campong
kam-po-ng
ELΕλληνικά
campong
kam-po-ng
ESEspañol
campong
kam-po-ng
FAفارسی
campong
kam-po-ng
FISuomi
campong
kam-po-ng
FRFrançais
campong
kam-po-ng
HEעברית
campong
kam-po-ng
HIहिन्दी
campong
kam-po-ng
HUMagyar
campong
kam-po-ng
IDBahasa Indonesia
campong
kam-po-ng
ITItaliano
campong
kam-po-ng
MSBahasa Melayu
campong
kam-po-ng
MYမြန်မာ
campong
kam-po-ng
NLNederlands
campong
kam-po-ng
NONorsk
campong
kam-po-ng
PLPolski
campong
kam-po-ng
PTPortuguês
campong
kam-po-ng
RORomână
campong
kam-po-ng
RUРусский
campong
kam-po-ng
SVSvenska
campong
kam-po-ng
SWKiswahili
campong
kam-po-ng
TAதமிழ்
campong
kam-po-ng
TEతెలుగు
campong
kam-po-ng
TRTürkçe
campong
kam-po-ng
UKУкраїнська
campong
kam-po-ng
VITiếng Việt
campong
kam-po-ng