Lao

[ lou ]

/ laʊ /

noun, plural Laos [louz] /laʊz/, (especially collectively) Lao for 1.

a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.

the language of these people, belonging to the Thai group of languages.

Examples from the Web for lao

Bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers shares his favorite reads, from Lao Tzu to Kurt Vonnegut.
James Bradley's Must-Reads|James Bradley|December 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
According to Lao Tz himself, Those who know do not tell; those who tell do not know.
A History of Chinese Literature|Herbert A. Giles
Many of Lao Tz's sayings are mere moral maxims for use in everyday life.
China and the Chinese|Herbert Allen Giles
Thus gradually Taoism lost its early simple characteristics associated with the name of Lao Tz.
China and the Chinese|Herbert Allen Giles

The well-known Greek injunction, "not to go beyond one's destiny," , might well have fallen from Lao Tz's lips.
China and the Chinese|Herbert Allen Giles
His sympathies are with the south; with the philosophy of Lao Tse.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells

British Dictionary definitions for lao (1 of 2)

Lao

/ (laʊ) /

adjective, noun

another name for Laotian

British Dictionary definitions for lao (2 of 2)

LAO

abbreviation for

Laos (international car registration)

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