Cambodia shares borders with Vietnam to the east, Laos to the north, Thailand to the west, and the ocean coast to the Southwest.
NATIONAL FLAG
Cambodia Flag : The flag was designed arround 1850 that has three horizontal bands of blue (top and bottom) and red (central) with a depiction of Angkor Watt in the center. The flag was abandoned in a few years during the Khmer Rouge and the occupation of Vietnamese in Cambodia. The flag was readopted in 1993 after the first general election with the returned the monarchy.
COAT OF ARMS or ROYAL ARMS of CAMBODIA
COAT OF ARMS is symbol on the Royal Standard of the reigning monarch of Cambodia.. They were established since the independent Kingdom of Cambodia in 1953.
This Royal Standard was restored in 1993. Armiger - Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia(wikepedia)
CONVENTIONAL NAME
• Preah-reach-ana-chak Kampuchea – is the official name used by the Royal Government of Cambodia. It means, the Kingdom of Kampuchea.
- Preah – means Sacred
- Reach – derived from Sanskrit. It means King or Royal
- Ana – derived from Pali It means Authority or Power.
- Chak – derived from Sanskrit. It means Wheel
• Srok Khmer (local short form) – common and general used by Khmer People.Srok means Territory.
• Pra-Tehs Khmer (local short form) - the formal name and general writing. Pra-Tehs means “Country”.
• Pra-Tehs Kampuchea (local short form)– Kampuchea was derived fromSanskrit word as Kambuja.
- Camboja – is called in Portuguese
- Kampoja – is called in Indonesian
- Cambodia – is called in English
- Cambodge – is called in French
- Kambodsha – is called in German
- Camboya – is called in Spanish
- Cambogia – is called in Italian
