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• plural of Lao.

Laos

American  

[lah-ohs, laus, lay-os, la-aws] / ˈlɑ oʊs, laʊs, ˈleɪ ɒs, laˈɔs /

noun

1. a country in Southeast Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Vientiane.

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Laos British  

/ laʊs, laʊz /

noun

1. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Laos. a republic in SE Asia: first united as the kingdom of Lan Xang ("million elephants") in 1353, after being a province of the Khmer Empire for about four centuries; made part of French Indochina in 1893 and gained independence in 1949; became a republic in 1975. It is generally forested and mountainous, with the Mekong River running almost the whole length of the W border. Official language: Laotian. Religion: Buddhist majority, tribal religions. Currency: kip. Capital: Vientiane. Pop: 6 695 166 (2013 est). Area: 236 800 sq km (91 429 sq miles)

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Laos Cultural  

1. Mountainous, landlocked republic in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma to the northwest, China to the northeast, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. Its capital and largest city is Vientiane.

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Civil war among communist and noncommunist factions in the 1950s and 1960s attracted extensive covert aid from the Soviet Union, China, and the United States.

During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese communists established the Ho Chi Minh Trail through the remote mountains of Laos to channel troops and supplies from North Vietnam to South Vietnam.

The communist Pathet Lao, with long-standing close ties to the Vietnamese communists, have been in power since 1975.

Part of French Indochina from 1893 to 1949, it was granted full sovereignty in 1954.

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Eswatini, which welcomed 32 deportees from the US, says three people - from Yemen, Belize and Laos - "voluntarily departed" to their home countries recently.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

"Then in October into November I'm going to Vietnam and Laos to do a little bit of a tour."

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Raxa had stepped up his crab fishing in the days before the accident to afford an evangelical trip to his home country of Laos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Isolated, under-developed Laos brands itself the "Battery of Southeast Asia", powering its neighbours with dozens of hydroelectric plants, but frequent power outages leave its own people in the dark.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Many of the isolated, heavily defended camps were on hilltops in remote locations near Vietnam’s western border with Cambodia and Laos where Special Forces could keep track of enemy movement.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge