Kampong

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A kampong (kampung in Malay) is the term for a village in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and Singapore and a "dock" in Cambodia. The term applies to traditional villages, especially of the indigenous people, and has also been used to refer to urban slum areas and enclosed developments and neighbourhoods within towns and cities in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Christmas Island. The traditional kampong village designs and architecture have been targeted for reform by urbanists and modernists and have also been adapted by contemporary architects for various projects.

The English word "compound", when referring to a development in a town, is thought to be derived from the Malay word of kampung.^[1]