Wat's in a name

For those curious about the meanings of the names of Angkor temples,and other sites  here is a brief explanation for the most popular names. you may come across.

• Angkor: is a Khmer term meaning "city." It comes from the Sanskrit nagara.
• Angkor Wat: means "temple city."and is sometimes referred to as ''Angkor Vatt''
• Apsaras: were the celestial dancers born out of the "Churning of the Ocean Of Milk" (see Angkor Wat)
  
• Banteay: is a Khmer term meaning "citadel" or "fortress," which is also applied to walled temples.
• Banteay Kdei: means Citadel of the Cells, Kdei refers to the monks' cells in the temple.
• Banteay Srey: means "citadel of women."  Srey or Srei: originally meant wealth in Sanskrit.  The  modern Khmer term "Srei" means "woman." Both terms are regularly used and mean the same.
• Baray: means "reservoir."
• Bayon: the meaning is  is unclear, but a plausible translation is Leading Sacred Amulet.
• Beng: as in Beng Mealea  refers to the a  tree of the same name or Boeng as in Pool or Lake .
• Chhmar: as in Banteay Chhmar, means cat.
  
• Damrei: is the Khmer word for elephant as at Prasat Damrei in Koh Ker.
  
• Esvara or Isvara: is a suffix referring to the god Shiva.
• Gopura: is a Sanskrit term meaning "entrance pavilion" or "gateway."
• Garuda: is a mythical half man half eagle.
  
• Jaya: is a prefix meaning "victory."
• Kbal Spean: refers to the natural rock bridge which the Siem Reap River flows under in Kulen Mountan
  
• Khleang: The Khmer term means storehouse.
• Kompong or Kampong: this means harbour; but also applies to towns on rivers as in Kompong Khleang, Harbour of the storehouses.
  
• Linga: Hindu Phallic Symbol
  
• Nagara Jayashri: the Sanskrit original name means City (Nagara) of the Victor (Jaya).
• Nandi: the Sacred Bull; often depicted being ridden by Hindu God Shiva.
  
• Phnom: is a Khmer term meaning "mountain."
• Prasat: is a Khmer term meaning "tower." It comes from the Sanskrit word "prasada.
• Prasat Bei: near the south gate of Angkor Thom means Three Towers.
• Preah: is a Khmer term meaning "sacred" or "holy."
• Preah Khan: means "sacred sword."and refers to the sacred sword used only by the king.
• Pre Rup: translates as the turning of the body to ash.  Pre Rup is considered to be a funeral temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.
• Rajavihara: is the Sanscrit term for  Royal Monastery.
• Spean: means Bridge as in Kbal Spean.
  
• Suryavarman: means "Protected by Surya, the sun-god."
• Ta: is a Khmer term meaning "ancestor" or "grandfather." it is the modern term for ''old''
• Ta Prohm: means "Ancestor Brahma." Neak Ta means "ancestors" or "ancestral spirits."
• Thma: means stone as in "Spean Thma" The Old Stone Bridge
  
• Thmei; as in Wat Thmei means new
  
• Thom: is a Khmer term meaning "big." (Angkor Thom means "big city.")
• Varman: is a suffix meaning "shield" or "protector."
  
• Yama: he is the God of death as seen on the "Leper King Terrace" .
  
• Yoni: he representation of the female sex organ always with the Linga or Male Organ.
  
• Wat: is a Khmer term, derived from the Sanskrit "vattaram", meaning Buddhist) "temple".