gampong

Indonesian

Etymology

From Acehnese gampông, from Proto-Malayic *puŋ (“to collect, gather”). Doublet of kampung. Compare with Khmer កំពង់ (kɑmpŭəng, “landing, port, river town, waterfront”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡampɔŋ]
• Hyphenation: gam‧pong

Noun

gampong (plural gampong-gampong)

1. a traditional Aceh village
2. a traditional Aceh administrative division which is a subdivision of mukim and divided into several dusun or jurong

Further reading

• “gampong”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016