Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native village in the islands of the Malay archipelago.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a native village in Malaysia.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native village in Malaysia
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Examples
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He longed for more, and the open gateway of the campong was a scarce needed invitation to pass to the wide world beyond.
The Monster Men Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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Without a thought for the helpless boy, the women dropped the torches and fled screaming through the night, leaving the campong in darkness.
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Florence Partello Stuart
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Celebes has lately been successful, and the _campong_, where every hut was closed for a year in consequence of the local Rajah forcing his people to join in his insurrection, has at last been re-opened, though under a guard of Dutch and Malay troops.
Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings
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New Year's Eve is celebrated by a very bombardment of fireworks from the Chinese _campong_, and crowds hasten to the fine Roman Catholic church for Benediction, Te Deum, and an eloquent, though to me incomprehensible, Dutch sermon.
Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings
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Amboyna shows signs of commercial prosperity in the crowded _passer_ and the busy Chinese _campong_, for the enterprising Celestial forms an important element of the mercantile community in the Clove Island.
Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings
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Releasing its hold on the tree, it flopped about the campong, pulling and straining at the cable.
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Florence Partello Stuart
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The prisoner in the deserted campong protested and struggled, its ugly grunts disturbing the jungle peace.
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Florence Partello Stuart
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A raised platform in the middle of the campong (common), tastefully decorated with skulls small, skulls large, and skulls medium, formed the altar, and a large black bullock was already tied to the
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Florence Partello Stuart
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Piang and his helpers secured the cable to a post and rushed into the campong.
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Florence Partello Stuart
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A wild boar, which had been captured for crocodile bait, was fastened to a pole in the middle of the _campong_
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Florence Partello Stuart
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