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kampong

or cam·pong

[ kahm-pawng, -pong, kahm-pawng, -pong ]

noun

  1. a small village or community of houses in Malay-speaking lands.


kampong

/ kæmˈpɒŋ; ˈkæmpɒŋ /

noun

  1. (in Malaysia) a village
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kampong1

1835–45; < Malay kampung, kampong grouping or gathering together, especially a village; compound 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kampong1

C19: from Malay
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Example Sentences

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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