Laotian

[ ley-oh-shuhn, lou-shuhn ]

noun

a native or inhabitant of Laos.
Lao.

adjective

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

Origin of Laotian

<French laotien;see Laos, -ian

Other words from Laotian

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

Words Nearby Laotian

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How to use Laotian in a sentence

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.
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He paid off Laotian, Thai, and Burmese soldiers, policemen, local officials, and village elders.
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Over the course of the next several years, America admitted over one million Vietnamese and Laotian refugees.
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A Reprieve spokesman called the Laotian judicial system “a farce.”
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“We hope that the Laotian government does not delay matters further,” Morris said after she met Orobator.
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The Laotian is as superstitious as the Cambodian, and perhaps more so than the Siamese.
Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 2 of 2) | Henri Mouhot
The Laotian priests are continually praying in their pagodas; they make a frightful noise, chanting from morning to night.
Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 2 of 2) | Henri Mouhot
The next place I arrived at was Chaiapoune, the principal Laotian town in the north, and the chief town of the district.
Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 2 of 2) | Henri Mouhot
Stages are erected on which the Laotian ladies in search of a husband assemble.
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Every evening some of the good Laotian mountaineers came to see the farang.
Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) | Henri Mouhot

British Dictionary definitions for Laotian

Laotian

Lao (laʊ)

/ (ˈlaʊʃɪən) /

noun

plural Laotians, Lao or Laos a member of a Buddhist people of Laos and NE Thailand, related to the Thais
the language of this people, closely related to Thai

adjective

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

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