Baath

American  

[bah-ahth] / ˈbɑ ɑθ /

Or Baʿath,

noun

1. a socialist party of some Arab countries, especially Iraq and Syria.

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Ba'ath British  

/ bɑːˈɑːθ /

noun

1. a variant of Ba'th

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Other Word Forms

• Baathism noun
• Baathist noun

Etymology

Origin of Baath

From the Arabic word baʿath literally, renaissance

Example Sentences

Most of the headquarters of the Lebanese branch of the Syrian Baath party was destroyed in the strike, as rescue and civil defence teams rushed to aid a number of people trapped under the rubble, the National News Agency reported.

From BBC

A strike hit the headquarters of the Baath political party in the densely populated Ras al-Naba neighbourhood on Sunday, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency.

From BBC

The newspaper Al-Watan said the strike targeted a car in the southern town of Baath, and that the bodies were taken to a hospital in the Syrian town of Quneitra on the edge of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

From Washington Times

Sham FM, a pro-government radio station, also reported the strike in Baath.

From Washington Times

Protesters demanding an end to authoritarian rule shut the ruling Baath party headquarters in the southwestern Syrian Druze city of Sweida as protests which entered their second week showed no signs of abating, civic activists and witnesses said.

From Reuters