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- Lao · derived fromປະເທດລາວ
- English todayPathet Lao
From Lao ປະເທດລາວ (pa thēt lāo), from ປະເທດ (pa thēt, “country, state”) + ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pathet Lao
Today it means: A communist nationalist movement and political party in Laos, which took power in 1975 after a civil war. Full definition →
Lao ປະເທດລາວ