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Pol Pot carried out through the years enormous purges against his own followers because of his paranoia.
Sydney Schanberg

Meaning of "Pol Pot" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POL POT

Pol Pot  [ˈpɒl ˈpɒt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POL POT

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WHAT DOES POL POT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pol Pot

Pol Pot

Pol Pot, born Saloth Sar was a Cambodian communist revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until 1997. From 1963 to 1981, he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea. As such, he became the leader of Cambodia on April 17, 1975, when his forces captured Phnom Penh. From 1976 to 1979, he also served as the prime minister of Democratic Kampuchea. He presided over a totalitarian dictatorship that imposed a radical form of agrarian socialism on the country. His government forced urban dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in collective farms and forced labor projects. The combined effects of executions, forced labor, malnutrition, and poor medical care caused the deaths of approximately 25 percent of the Cambodian population. In all, an estimated 1 to 3 million people died due to the policies of his four-year premiership. In 1979, after the Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Pol Pot fled to the jungles of southwest Cambodia, and the Khmer Rouge government collapsed.

Definition of Pol Pot in the English dictionary

The definition of Pol Pot in the dictionary is original name Kompong Thom. 1925–98, Cambodian Communist statesman; prime minister of Kampuchea ; his policies led to the deaths of thousands in labour camps before he was overthrown by Vietnamese forces; in 1997 his former supporters in the Khmer Rouge captured him and claimed to have tried and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POL POT


antipot
ˌæntɪˈpɒt
cachepot
ˈkæʃˌpɒt
capot
kəˈpɒt
coffeepot
ˈkɒfɪˌpɒt
Crockpot
ˈkrɒkˌpɒt
despot
ˈdɛspɒt
flowerpot
ˈflaʊəˌpɒt
honeypot
ˈhʌnɪˌpɒt
hotpot
ˈhɒtˌpɒt
impot
ˈɪmpɒt
inkspot
ˈɪŋkˌspɒt
jackpot
ˈdʒækˌpɒt
nightspot
ˈnaɪtˌspɒt
pot
pɒt
repot
riːˈpɒt
saucepot
ˈsɔːsˌpɒt
sexpot
ˈsɛksˌpɒt
spot
spɒt
sunspot
ˈsʌnˌspɒt
teapot
ˈtiːˌpɒt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POL POT

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polacca
Polack
polacre
Poland
Polanski

WORDS THAT END LIKE POL POT

boot
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by a long shot
cannot
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foot
forgot
got
have-not
hot
lot
mot
not
on the bot
on the right foot
pilot
root
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Synonyms and antonyms of Pol Pot in the English dictionary of synonyms

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波尔布特
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Pol Pot
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Pol Pot
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पोल पॉट
380 millions of speakers
ar

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بول بوت
280 millions of speakers

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Пол Пот
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Pol Pot
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পোল পট
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Pol Pot
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Pol Pot
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Pol Pot
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ポルポト
130 millions of speakers

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폴 포트
85 millions of speakers

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Pol Pot
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Pol Pot
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பால் பாட்
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Translator English - Marathi

पोल पोट
75 millions of speakers

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Pol Pot
70 millions of speakers

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Pol Pot
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pol Pot
50 millions of speakers

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Пол Пот
40 millions of speakers

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Pol Pot
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Pol Pot
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Pol Pot
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Pol Pot
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Pol Pot
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Pol Pot

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3 QUOTES WITH «POL POT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Pol Pot.
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Ricky Gervais
Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed. And how he told someone was intellectual or not was whether they wore glasses. If they're that clever, take them off when they see him coming!
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Sydney Schanberg
Pol Pot carried out through the years enormous purges against his own followers because of his paranoia.
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Hun Sen
Pol Pot will surrender, be captured or commit suicide.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POL POT»

Discover the use of Pol Pot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Pol Pot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pol Pot: The History of a Nightmare
Philip Short, the biographer of Mao, has spent four years travelling the length of Cambodia, interviewing surviving leaders of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge movement and sifting through previously closed archives.
Philip Short, 2013
2
The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia ...
This edition of Ben Kiernan's account of the Cambodian revolution and genocide includes a new preface that takes the story up to 2008 and the UN-sponsored Khmer Rouge tribunal.
Ben Kiernan, 2008
3
Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison
More than a chronicle of Khmer Rouge barbarism, "Voices from S-21" is also a judicious examination of the psychological dimensions of state-sponsored terrorism that conditions human beings to commit acts of unspeakable brutality.
David P. Chandler, 1999
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How Pol Pot Came to Power: Colonialism, Nationalism, and ...
A new preface bring this edition up to date.Praise for the first edition:“Given the highly secretive nature of Pol Pot’s activities, the precise circumstances and manoeuvres that propelled him to the top of the heap will perhaps never ...
Ben Kiernan, 2004
5
Brother Number One: A Political Biography of Pol Pot
In this revised edition, Chandler provides new information on the state of Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge following the death of Pol Pot in 1997.
David P Chandler, 1999
6
Pol Pot's Little Red Book: The Sayings of Angkar
This handbook of slogans, interspersed with historical commentary and contextual analysis, describes the Khmer Rouge regime and exposes the horrific foundation upon which it constructed its reign of terror.
Henri Locard, 2004
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Pol Pot's Cambodia (Revised Edition)
In 1994 Pol Pot, Khieu Samphan, Ta Mok, Nuon Chea, and Son Sen still led the Khmer Rouge. In 1995 Pol Pot suffered a stroke that left him partly paralyzed. Ta Mok rose to head the inner circle. He took over most of the everyday leadership ...
Matthew S. Weltig, 2012
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Cambodia, Pol Pot, and the United States: The Faustian Pact
Formulating a model of international relations based on democratic principles, Haas urges reflection on the lessons of Cambodia as policies are developed for the 1990s.
Michael Haas, 1991
9
I Am Pol Pot
The 1970s brought us the turbulence of the Vietnam War and its protest by students and youth who where un-willing to fight for a cause that seemed unsinkable and useless.
Steve Otto, 2009
10
Excel HSC Modern History
Saloth Sar, 'Pol Pot', was born on 19 May 1928 into a wealthy country family in Prek Sbauv, in the Kampuchean province of Kompong Thom. In 1925 Pol Pot's aunt, Khun-Meak, became the third of the ten wives of king Monivong. Her daughter ...
Ronald E. Ringer, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POL POT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Pol Pot is used in the context of the following news items.
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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Minions' Fun, at Least for the Kids
The film studiously ignores more modern despots, such as Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Pol Pot. This film is a prequel, which antedates the ... «Bucks Local News, Jul 15»
2
Arts Etc. — July 26, 2015
She teaches art and English to the children of subsistence rice farmers in an area totally devastated by past US bombing and Pol Pot's Khmer ... «The International Examiner, Jul 15»
3
In Cambodia, majesty, tragedy, rebirth
I knew about Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge, the killing fields. ... at Choeung Ek to those killed during the Pol Pot years; and the Silver Pagoda. «Philly.com, Jul 15»
4
Angelina Jolie to turn director
... Ms. Jolie Pitt co-adapted the screenplay with the book's author, whose first-person memoir recalls her childhood during the Pol Pot era before ... «Dispatch Times, Jul 15»
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Reader View: To stop war, we must face horrors of war
Pol Pot - as much as one quarter the population of Cambodia. See "The Black Book of Communism" for the above. Log In to report. Link; Reply ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 15»
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Angelina Jolie to direct Pol Pot genocide drama for Netflix
Loung Ung, 45, escaped the “killing fields” of Pol Pot's Cambodia at the age of 10 and has since written two books on the subject. At one point ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Showcasing music from the diaspora
The silver lining to be found in the forced emigration of Cambodians in the wake of the Pol Pot regime, said Smith, was the musical influences ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
8
New bridges, old divides
Think of Indian troops in what became Bangladesh in 1971; Vietnam stopping the methodical insanity of Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot; Tanzania ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
9
The Left's Deadly Wall of Silence
You may remember him as the guy who compared U.S. soldiers at Guantanamo Bay to Nazis and Pol Pot, saying they had "no concern for ... «BernardGoldberg.com, Jul 15»
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Oh we're from Tigerland: Emily Chuon
Her family, on her mother's side, were refugees from Phnom Penh, fleeing the Cambodian-Vietnamese War and Pol Pot's murderous Khmer ... «Richmond, Jul 15»

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