Pathet Lao

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpa.tɛt ˈlaʊ/

Proper noun

Pathet Lao

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

Translations

political movement and party in Laos

• German: Pathet Lao
• Khmer: បទេសឡាវ (pak tes lao)
• Lao: ປະເທດລາວ (pa thēt lāo)
• Vietnamese: Pathet Lào