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Pattaya

Pattaya proper noun: a resort city in Chonburi Province, Thailand.

Proper noun

Pattaya

  1. A resort city in Chonburi Province, Thailand.
    • 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
    • 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.2019, Luke Williams, Down and Out in Paradise: East, West, Sex, Death, Echo, →ISBN

Pattaya meaning in Hindi, Arabic and Thai

Pattaya in Hindi

city in Thailand
पटाया paṭāyā

Pattaya in Arabic

city in Thailand
بَتَّايَا battāyā, بَاتَّايَا bāttāyā

Pattaya in Thai

city in Thailand
พัทยา pát-tá-yaa

Origin of Pattaya

Borrowed from Thai พัทยา (pát-tá-yaa).

Phrases with Pattaya

Questions about Pattaya

What does Pattaya mean?
Pattaya means a resort city in Chonburi Province, Thailand.
What is Pattaya in Hindi?
Pattaya in Hindi is पटाया (paṭāyā). See Pattaya meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Pattaya?
Pattaya is a proper noun.

Words near Pattaya in the dictionary

  1. pattamar
  2. pattamars
  3. Pattani
  4. Pattar
  5. pattas
  6. Pattaya
  7. patte
  8. patted
  9. patted down
  10. patted on the back
  11. pattee

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