Meanings
- A resort city in Bang Lamung district, Chonburi Province, Thailand.
Pattaya transitioned from fishing village to open-air brothel. The western-style strip club married the Asian harem: the successful Titty Palace, Purring Pussy, Pussy Galore.
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Pattaya has a reported 27,000 prostitutes, roughly one for every five people living permanently in the east-coast city that has been likened to a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah.
2017 February 16, Chris Baynes, “Inside the world's sex capital: City dubbed ‘modern day Sodom and Gomorrah’ with highest number of prostitutes anywhere”, in Daily Mirror
Origin
- Thaiพัทยา
- EnglishPattaya
Borrowed from Thai พัทยา (pát-tá-yaa).
More words from Thai
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Arabic بَتَّايَا, بَاتَّايَا
- بَتَّايَا (battāyā)city in Thailand
- بَاتَّايَا (bāttāyā)city in Thailand
Chinese Mandarin 芭提雅
- 芭提雅city in Thailand
Hindi पटाया
- पटाया (paṭāyā)city in Thailand
Russian Патта́йя
- Патта́йя (Pattájja)city in Thailand
Thai พัทยา
- พัทยา (pát-tá-yaa)city in Thailand
Cite this entry
Pattaya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pattaya
“Pattaya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pattaya. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pattaya,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pattaya.
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