Meanings of khmer in English

In Arabic, the joke carries the usual injunction against drunkenness, and the subtle reminder that liquor is khmer, or filth, as is urine.

Many people were lost from our family during the Khmer Rouge's rule.

January 1979 The Khmer Rouge government is overthrown by invading Vietnamese troops.

Like many Cambodians, Youk Chhang lost family during the Khmer Rouge years.

The authorities took no chances with Krosa, which means crane in Khmer.

From Cambodia, landmines and Khmer Rouge guerrillas kept it off-limits for decades.

He jabbers at his friend in Khmer, and they burst out laughing.

If the Khmer Rouge win, there will be blood on the streets.

The Khmer Rouge saw to that, eviscerating the kingdom after coming to power.

The Khmer Rouge split families apart in a ruthless attempt to remake society.

Friday marks 40 years since the Khmer Rouge first marched into Phnom Penh.

In the late 1970s, Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Communist party committed genocide.

Last July, Pol Pot had been toppled in a Khmer Rouge power struggle.

Signs in languages from Burmese to Khmer warn against the danger of malaria.

The prime minister, Hun Sen, is a former Khmer Rouge commander.

Dith campaigned to bring the Khmer Rouge to trial for genocide.