SEATO

American  

[see-toh] / ˈsi toʊ /

noun

1. an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.

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Etymology

Origin of SEATO

S(outh)e(ast) A(sia) T(reaty) O(rganization)

Example Sentences

An admirer of Nehru, the Tengku has already served notice that Malaya will not join SEATO.

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To the nations of SEATO, meeting in Manila next week, what happens in Indonesia is of vital importance.

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He would also withdraw the U.S. from SEATO, dismissing the treaty as "one of those Dulles pacts that has never meant anything."

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Thailand even ordered its diplomats to boycott the meetings of SEATO.

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His nation remains a partner of both Britain and the U.S. in SEATO.

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