Khmer: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Khmer stands for several things related to Cambodia:

• The Khmer people, the ethnic group to which the great majority of Cambodians belong to
• The Khmer language
• The Khmer Empire, which ruled over much of Indochina from the 9th to the 13th centuries. (See also: Angkor)
• The Khmer Rouge, a Cambodian Communist political group and guerilla movement.
• The Khmer alphabet
• Khmer Republic, the name of Cambodia from 1975 to 1980