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Cham.

An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/t͡ʃæm/
  1. An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam.

    plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Eastern Cham ꨌꩌ

name/t͡ʃæm/
  1. The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.

  2. An abugida used to write this language.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Eastern Cham ꨌꩌ

adj/t͡ʃæm/
  1. Pertaining to the Cham people or their language.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Eastern Cham ꨌꩌ

name
  1. A town in Bavaria, Germany.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Cham.

name
  1. A town in Zug canton, Switzerland.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Switzerland German Cham.

noun
  1. an ethnic Albanian from Çamëri, originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Çamëri (engl.: Chameria).

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Albanian Çam m.

name
  1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

Where this word comes from

From Hokkien 詹 (Chiam).

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