Khmer Rouge

Khmer Rouge

English

Etymology

From French Khmer rouge (“red Khmer”), from Khmer (“Khmer”) + rouge (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkmɛəɹ ˈɹuːʒ/, /kəˈmɛəɹ ˈɹuːʒ/

Proper noun

Khmer Rouge

1. (historical) A Cambodian communist guerrilla force active from the 1970s to the 1990s under the leadership of Pol Pot.

Translations

Cambodian communist guerrilla force

Arabic: الْخَمِير الْحُمْر‎ m pl (al-ḵamīr al-ḥumr) Armenian: կարմիր քմերների pl (karmir kʿmerneri) Belarusian: чырво́ныя кхме́ры m pl (čyrvónyja kxmjéry) Bulgarian: черве́ни кхме́ри m pl (červéni khméri) Burmese: ခမာနီ (hka.mani) Chinese: Mandarin: 紅色高棉／红色高棉 (zh) (Hóngsè gāomián), 赤柬 (Chì Jiǎn) Czech: Rudí Khmerové m pl Dutch: Rode Khmer pl Esperanto: Ruĝaj Kmeroj Finnish: punaiset khmerit (fi) pl French: Khmers rouges (fr) m pl Georgian: წითელი ქმერები pl (c̣iteli kmerebi) German: Rote Khmer m pl Greek: Ερυθροί Χμερ m pl (Erythroí Chmer) Hindi: ख्मेर रूज (khmer rūj) Hungarian: Vörös Khmer Icelandic: Rauðu khmerarnir m pl Indonesian: Khmer Merah Italian: Khmer rossi m pl Japanese: クメール・ルージュ (Kumēru-rūju) Khmer: ខ្មែរក្រហម (km) (khmae krɑhɑɑm) Korean: 크메르 루주 (Keumereu ruju) Lao: ​ຂະເໝນ​ແດງ​ (kha mēn dǣng) Macedonian: Црвени Кмери m pl (Crveni Kmeri) Mongolian: Cyrillic: Улаан Кхмер (Ulaan Kxmer) Persian: خمرهای سرخ‎ (xamer-hâ-ye sorx) Polish: Czerwoni Khmerzy m pl Portuguese: Quemer Vermelho m, Khmer Vermelho (pt) m Russian: кра́сные кхме́ры m pl (krásnyje kxméry) Slovak: Červení Kméri m pl Slovene: Rdeči Kmeri m pl Spanish: Jemeres rojos m pl Swedish: röda khmererna c pl Thai: เขมรแดง (kà-měen dɛɛng) Turkish: Kızıl Kmerler pl Ukrainian: черво́ні кхме́ри f pl (červóni kxméry) Vietnamese: Khơ-me Đỏ

See also

• Killing Fields