Cambodian American

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Asian American ethnic group ethnic group

Cambodian Americans are U.S. residents or citizens of Cambodian descent, many of whom arrived as refugees after the Khmer Rouge era and maintain distinct cultural traditions within the broader Asian American community.

Aliases (1)

Cambodian community in Lowell, Massachusetts ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Asian American ethnic group → ethnic group →
countryOfCitizenship	United States →
culturalInstitution	Buddhist temples (wats) → Cambodian community centers → Cambodian cultural dance troupes →
culturalPractice	Buddhist temple festivals → Cambodian language schools → celebration of Cambodian New Year → practice of Khmer classical dance →
culturalTrait	Buddhist-influenced rituals → maintenance of Khmer language → strong extended family networks →
diasporaOf	Cambodia →
ethnicIdentity	Khmer →
facesIssue	educational attainment gap → intergenerational trauma → language barriers → poverty → refugee trauma →
hasAncestralOrigin	Cambodia →
hasEthnicOrigin	Cambodian →
historicalCauseOfMigration	Cambodian Civil War → Cambodian genocide → Khmer Rouge regime →
languageUsed	English → Khmer →
majorMigrationWave	post-1975 refugee resettlement →
notableEnclave	Cambodia Town, Long Beach → Cambodian community in Lowell, Massachusetts →
populationEstimate	over 300,000 in the United States →
recognizedAs	racial and ethnic minority in the United States →
religion	Christianity → Hinduism → Islam → Mahayana Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism → folk religion →
settlementConcentration	Fresno, California → Houston, Texas NERFINISHED → Long Beach, California → Lowell, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → Providence, Rhode Island → Seattle, Washington → Stockton, California → Tacoma, Washington →
subgroupOf	Asian American → Southeast Asian American →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Oakland Chinatown →	ethnicCommunity
Asian American →	hasPart
Cambodian American ("Cambodian community in Lowell, Massachusetts") →	notableEnclave
Laotian American →	relatedEthnicGroup