Lao
Americannoun
PLURAL
LaosPLURAL
Lao-
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
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the Tai language of the Lao.
adjective
abbreviation
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of Lao
First recorded in 1880–85; from Lao Láo, a self-designation
Example Sentences
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People joke that the abbreviation Lao PDR means "Lao Please Don't Rush".
From Barron's
In the ‘80s and ‘90s, the federal government resettled tens of thousands of Hmong, Lao, Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees in California after the Vietnam War, the Cambodian genocide and the Laotian civil war .
From Los Angeles Times
Thammavongsa lives in Toronto, the city to which her Lao parents immigrated from a Thai refugee camp when she was a baby.
From Los Angeles Times
Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu wrote, “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
From Los Angeles Times
The hostel’s manager told the Associated Press that the two women were among more than 100 guests who received free shots of Lao vodka from the hostel.
From BBC
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