wat
noun [ C ] uk/wæt/ us/wæt/
（东南亚的）佛寺;寺，庙宇
in Southeast Asia, a Buddhist temple (= a place of worship) or monastery (= a building in which monks live and worship)
Luang Prabang, the historic royal city, embodies the Buddhist spirit with its 32 wats and hundreds of monks.
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- Thai immigrants established several wats in the Thai style.
- We stumbled upon our first little temple (Wat Mahathat) and in we went.
- A prominent family in Pattani supported the restoration of what is now a very important Theravada wat in Pattani province.
- After lunch visit the famous Wat Haripoonchai in Lampoon.