a small village or community of houses in Malay-speaking lands
Also: campong
Word origin
[1835–45; ‹ Malay kampung, kampong grouping or gathering together, esp. a village; cf. compound2]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crosshead, faceplate, grandstand, protein, serial
Examples of 'kampong' in a sentence
kampong
The remaining areas that can be used as an outdoor space are alleys and pathways inside kampong.
Sukmo D. Widharto, Nurfahmi Muchlis, Sigit H. Laksono, Purwanita Setijanti 2015, 'Design concept for green public space in kampong', Journal of Architecture and Urbanismhttps://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JAU/article/view/2893. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)