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Angkor

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From Khmer អង្គរ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkɔɔ, “Capital City”), from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of negara and Nagari.

proper noun

  1. A region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries.
  2. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Angkor Wat

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name region of Cambodia

中文吳哥 /吴哥 Wúgē
DeutschAngkor
Tiếng ViệtĂng-co

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"Angkor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/angkor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Angkor. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/angkor

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"Angkor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/angkor.

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@misc{angkor_2026,
  title = {Angkor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/angkor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}