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Internat ional Relations Year 1

Vocabulary/Part of speech Lao translation Example sentence

alliance noun ພັນທະມິດ Lan Xang and Ayudhya formed an alliance.

austere adj ເຄງຄັດ King Sourigna Vongsa was a strong, austere
and lawful monarch.
battle noun ການສູຮົບ Fa Ngum won an epic battle outside
Vientiane.
dynasty noun ລາຊະວົງ Samsenthai took a wife from the Ayudhya
dynasty.
epic adj ມະຫາກາບ Fa Ngum defeated his uncle in an epic battle.

exile noun ເນລະເທດ As a child, Fa Ngum was exiled to the Khmer
Kingdom.
expand verb ຂະຫຍາຍ The Kingdom of Ayudhya expanded
th
throughout the 16 century.
expansionist adj ການແຜຂະຫຍາຍ Sethathirat fought the expansionist Burmese
empire.
heir noun ຜູສືບທອດ Sourigna Vongsa died with no rightful heir.

intermarriage noun ການແຕງດອງລະ,າງຄົນ Intermarriage between ruling families was
common.
ຕາງເຊອຊາດ

kidnap verb ລັກພາຕົວ Burmese soldiers kidnapped Princess
Tepkasatri on her way to marry Sethathirat.
map noun ແຜນທ The map shows Southeast Asia in 1400.

monarch noun ລາຊາ, ເຈາຊີວິດ Sourigna Vongsa was the last great monarch
of the Lan Xang kingdom.
political borders noun ຊາຍແດນແຫງລັດ There were no political borders on maps as
there are today.
power vacuum noun ອຳນາດໃນສູນອາກາດ The death of a strong monarch left a power
vacuum that rival families fought to fill.
prevent verb ີກເວນ Sethathirat rushed back to Luang Prabang to
prevent his brother seizing power.
rival adj ຄູແຂງ Kings would often banish their rivals.

seize verb ຍຶດຄອງ The Burmese seized control of Lan Xang
after Sethathirat’s death.
sphere noun ອານາເຂດ The spheres of influence of different
kingdoms changed over time.
strengthen verb ເຮັດໃຫແໜນແຟນ Intermarriage strengthened ties between
kingdoms.
strife noun ການຂັດແຍງ Strife between neighbouring kingdoms was
common throughout history.
succession noun ການສືບຕະກູນ Wars often broke out over the succession of
a king.
threaten verb ຂມຂູ Luang Prabang was threatened by the Haw
th
invaders in the 19 century.

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