kampong

[ kahm-pawng, -pong, kahm-pawng, -pong ]

/ ˈkɑm pɔŋ, -pɒŋ, kɑmˈpɔŋ, -ˈpɒŋ /

a small village or community of houses in Malay-speaking lands.

Origin of kampong

1835–45; < Malay kampung, kampong grouping or gathering together, especially a village; cf. compound²

And so I laughed again when I heard of a small outbreak in Kampong Raja.

The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks |Max Brooks |January 14, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
We slept this night in a small open shed, and next day proceeded to a kampong called Koto Lambong.

The History of Sumatra |William Marsden
We go from kampong to kampong to find Massa, but no see him.

Mark Seaworth |William H.G. Kingston
Next to it is the Kampong Perambat, from the casting net which its inhabitants use in fishing.

British Borneo |W. H. Treacher

There are suggestions of a perkara with a woman, in the kampong, of jealousy.

Old People and the Things That Pass |Louis Couperus
Do not all in this kampong know of Pah-Sidin, and what became of him after he had prayed to the evil sprite?

Java, Facts and Fancies |Augusta de Wit

kampong

/ (ˈkæmpɒŋ, kæmˈpɒŋ) /

(in Malaysia) a village

C19: from Malay