Bygone defense grp

• 1954-77 treaty gp
• Ex-international org.
• 1954-1977 defense gp
• NATO's defunct cousin
• Former kin of NATO
• 1954-77 alliance: Abbr
• "A little water is a ___ an ant" (Afghan proverb)
• Org. formed in Manila in 1954
• Extinct relative of NATO

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1954, acronym for Southeast Asia Treaty Organization .