Laotian

[ ley-oh-shuhn, lou-shuhn ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Laos. Laos.
2. Lao.

adjective

1. of or relating to Laos, Laos, its people, or their language.

Laotian

/ ˈlaʊʃɪən; laʊ /

noun

1. LaotiansLaoLaos a member of a Buddhist people of Laos and NE Thailand, related to the Thais
2. the language of this people, closely related to Thai

adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their language or to Laos

Other Words From

• an·ti-La·o·tian adjective noun
• pro-La·o·tian adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Laotian¹

< French laotien; Laos, -ian

Example Sentences

It later became known that the person the woman saw was Konerak Sinthasomphone, a 14-year-old Laotian immigrant, who Dahmer met on the street, lured to his apartment, and drugged.

From Washington Blade

He paid off Laotian, Thai, and Burmese soldiers, policemen, local officials, and village elders.

From The Daily Beast

Over the course of the next several years, America admitted over one million Vietnamese and Laotian refugees.

From The Daily Beast

A Reprieve spokesman called the Laotian judicial system “a farce.”

From The Daily Beast

“We hope that the Laotian government does not delay matters further,” Morris said after she met Orobator.

From The Daily Beast

The Laotian is as superstitious as the Cambodian, and perhaps more so than the Siamese.

From Project Gutenberg

The Laotian priests are continually praying in their pagodas; they make a frightful noise, chanting from morning to night.

From Project Gutenberg

The next place I arrived at was Chaiapoune, the principal Laotian town in the north, and the chief town of the district.

From Project Gutenberg

Stages are erected on which the Laotian ladies in search of a husband assemble.

From Project Gutenberg

Every evening some of the good Laotian mountaineers came to see the farang.

From Project Gutenberg