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Laotian

[ley-oh-shuhn, lou-shuhn]

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Laos. Laos.

  2. Lao.



adjective

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

Laotian

/ laʊ, ˈlaʊʃɪən /

noun

  1. a member of a Buddhist people of Laos and NE Thailand, related to the Thais

  2. the language of this people, closely related to Thai

“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

adjective

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

“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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Other 51Թ Forms

  • anti-Laotian adjective
  • pro-Laotian adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Laotian1

< French laotien; Laos, -ian
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In recent months, a number of Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese immigrants whose deportation orders had been stayed — in some cases for decades — have been told that those orders will now be enforced.

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In addition, tens of thousands of Cambodians and Laotians have settled in the Los Angeles area, according to the Pew Research Center.

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Late last year, the band added a fifth member, Nathan, an American of mixed Laotian and Thai heritage to the group.

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Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese and Hmong refugees are “the human legacies of the wars in which the U.S. was implicated.”

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Reports suggest that the six people who died earlier this month in the Laotian town of Vang Vieng had drunk shots of locally made vodka.

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