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Luang Prabang

American  
[lwahng prah-bahng] / ˈlwɑŋ prɑˈbɑŋ /
Luang Prabang British  
/ luːˈæŋ prɑːˈbæŋ /

noun

  1. a market town in N Laos, on the Mekong River: residence of the monarch of Laos (1946–75). Pop: 26 400 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Luang Prabang dam is one of nine that Laos plans across the Mekong.

From Seattle Times Jan. 31, 2024

"Lao is very good to travel, but not good to live in," says Sen, a 19-year-old working as a receptionist in a hotel in Luang Prabang in northern Laos.

From BBC Oct. 8, 2023

I had been in markets all my life, in places as far apart as Ouarzazate and Luang Prabang, Samarkand and Kigali, but that was the Old World.

From New York Times Nov. 11, 2021

A few years ago, I spent a day weaving and dyeing silk in Luang Prabang, Laos at Ock Pop Tock, a riverside collective where village women produce beautiful, fair-trade textiles.

From National Geographic Jan. 8, 2021

Lieutenant Garnier found cowries nowhere in use north of Luang Prabang; and among the Kakhyens in Western Yun nan these shells are used only for ornament.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

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