SEATO

(sē′tō)

abbr.

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

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SEATO

(ˈsiːtəʊ)

acronym for

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

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SEATO

(ˈsi toʊ)

n.

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.

SEATO

South-East Asia Treaty Organization, set up in 1954 by Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, and US to combat Communism. Dissolved 1977.

Translations

SEATO

[ˈsiːtəʊ] N ABBR =Southeast Asia Treaty Organization → OTASE f

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SEATO

[ˈsiːtəʊ] n abbr (=Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) → OTASE f(= Organisation du traité de l'Asie du Sud-Est)seat of learning n → haut lieu m de l'éducationsea trout n → truite f de mersea turtle n (US) → tortue f de mer, tortue f marinesea urchin n → oursin msea view n (British) → vue f sur la mersea wall n → digue fsea water n → eau f de mer

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SEATO

abbr (Hist) of South-East Asia Treaty Organization → SEATO f

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SEATO

[ˈsiːtəʊ] n abbr =South East Asia Treaty Organization → S.E.A.T.O. f

References in periodicals archive

In the seven decades since the end of World War II, the United States has structured and nurtured alliances in Asia that include ANZUS (with Australia and New Zealand), the Philippines Treaty, and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) with Australia, France, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand and the United Kingdom.

AMEXIT: will the U.S. maintain its presence in Asia?

He was attending the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) Conference in Australia when informed that President Ramon F.

President Carlos P. Garcia: 'Austerity, Filipino First, Cultural Revival'

In 1954, the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was founded in Manila by the United States, France, Britain, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan.

Today in History

The United States and Thailand are among the signatories of the 1954 Manila Pact of the former Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).

U.S. relations with Thailand

Old alliances -- such as the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, the Central Eastern Treaty Organization, and the Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty -- have died or are in the process of dying.

After the Cold War, the world was destabilized by fatal thaws