English Explanatory Dictionary

Pathet Lao

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A communist nationalist movement and political party in Laos, which took power in 1975 after a civil war.

Pronunciation

/ˌpa.tɛt ˈlaʊ/

Word forms

Pathet Lao

Etymology

From Lao ປະເທດລາວ (pa thēt lāo), from ປະເທດ (pa thēt, “country, state”) + ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).

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