Get to know Funan better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning.
Funan in a sentence
Funan meaning
An ancient pre-Angkor Indianized kingdom located around the Mekong Delta.
Using Funan
- The main meaning on this page is: An ancient pre-Angkor Indianized kingdom located around the Mekong Delta.
Context around Funan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Funan
- In this selection, "funan" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, kingdom and benefited stand out and add context to how "funan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include beginning with funan and funan was started. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "funan" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with funan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cambodia was first influenced by Hinduism during the beginning of the Funan kingdom. (13 words)
Just like Funan, benefited from the lucrative trading between China, Southeast Asia and India. (14 words)
Civilizations soon arose in Persia (beginning with Elam ) and later in Southeast Asia (beginning with Funan ). (16 words)
Similar to other regions in Southeast Asia, Thailand was heavily influenced by the culture and religions of India, starting with the Kingdom of Funan around the first century until the Khmer Empire. (32 words)
Funan was started around the 1st century CE and replaced by Chenla that existed in the 6th to 8th centuries. (20 words)
It was closely tied to Funan in Cambodia, which also ruled part of northern Malaysia until the 6th century. (19 words)
Example sentences (6)
Cambodia was first influenced by Hinduism during the beginning of the Funan kingdom.
Civilizations soon arose in Persia (beginning with Elam ) and later in Southeast Asia (beginning with Funan ).
Funan was started around the 1st century CE and replaced by Chenla that existed in the 6th to 8th centuries.
It was closely tied to Funan in Cambodia, which also ruled part of northern Malaysia until the 6th century.
Just like Funan, benefited from the lucrative trading between China, Southeast Asia and India.
Similar to other regions in Southeast Asia, Thailand was heavily influenced by the culture and religions of India, starting with the Kingdom of Funan around the first century until the Khmer Empire.