Khmer
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Khmer can refer to the:
- Khmer people, the ethnic group to which the great majority of Cambodians belong
- See also Khmer Krom and Khmer Loeu
- Khmer language, the language of the Khmer and the official language of Cambodia
- Khmer script, the script used to write the Khmer and Khmer Loeu languages
- Khmer cuisine, the dominant cuisine in Cambodia
- Khmer Empire, which ruled much of Indochina from the 9th to the 13th centuries. (See also: Angkor)
- Khmer Rouge, a Cambodian Communist political group and guerrilla movement.
- Khmer Republic, the name of Cambodia from 1970 to 1975