wat

A wat (Khmer: វត្ត wōat; Lao: ວັດ vat; Thai: วัด,RTGS: wat,pronounced [wát]; Tai Lü: 「ᩅᨯ᩠ᨰ」（waD+Dha）; Northern Thai: 「ᩅ᩠ᨯ᩶」（w+Da2）) is a type of Buddhist temple and Hindu temple in Cambodia, Laos, East Shan State, Yunnan and Thailand. The word wat is a thai word that was borrowed from Sanskrit vāṭa (Devanāgarī: वाट), meaning 'enclosure'. The term has varying meanings in each region, sometimes referring to a specific type of government-recognised or large temple, other times referring to any Buddhist or Hindu temple.

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