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Khmer

[kmair, kuh-mair]
–noun
1. a member of a people in Cambodia whose ancestors established an empire about the 5th century a.d. and who reached their zenith during the 9th to the 12th centuries when they dominated most of Indochina.
2. an Austroasiatic language that is the official language of Cambodia.
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Khmer   (kmâr)   
n.   pl. Khmer or Khmers
  1. A member of a people of Cambodia whose civilization reached its height from the 9th to the 15th century.

  2. The Mon-Khmer language that is the official language of Cambodia.


[Khmer.]
Khmer, Khmer'i·an adj.
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