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Laos
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laos LAOS
English
Etymology 1
en fr Laos, plural of fr Lao, from en lo ລາວ Lao. More at Lao.
Pronunciation
en /ˈlaʊs/ /ˈlɑː.oʊs/
en En-us-Laos.ogg US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Laos.wav UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Laos1.wav Southern England
en aʊs 1
en louse
Proper noun
en Q819en country r/Southeast Asia Vientiane Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
en Laoland
en Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/asia/laos-detains-hostel-staff-methanol-poisoning-intl-hnk/index.html 2024-11-27 Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according to state-affiliated media in the Southeast Asian country. https://web.archive.org/web/20260517164251/https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/asia/laos-detains-hostel-staff-methanol-poisoning-intl-hnk/index.html 17 May 2026
Related terms
en Lao
en Laotian
Translations
Q819 country in Southeast Asia
Abkhaz: ab Лаос
Afrikaans: af Laos
Albanian: sq Laos m indefinite, sq Laosi m definite
Amharic: am ላዎስ
Arabic: ar لَاوْس f, ar لَاوُس f lāwos
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܠܵܘܣ f laws
Armenian: hy Լաոս
Assamese: as লাউচ
Asturian: ast Laos
Azerbaijani: az Laos
Bashkir: ba Лаос
Belarusian: be Лао́с m
Bengali: bn লাওস
Breton: br Laos
Bulgarian: bg Лао́с m
Burmese: my လာအို
Catalan: ca Laos m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 老撾, cmn 寮國 Taiwan
Crimean Tatar: crh Laos
Dobrujan Tatar: crh Law
Czech: cs Laos m
Danish: da Laos n
Dhivehi: dv ލާއޯސް
Dutch: nl Laos n
Esperanto: eo Laoso
Estonian: et Laos
Farefare: gur Laogo
Faroese: fo Laos n
Finnish: fi Laos
French: fr Laos m
Georgian: ka ლაოსი
German: de Laos n
Greek: el Λάος n
Hausa: ha Laos
Hebrew: he לָאוֹס f laos
Hindi: hi लाओस m
Hmong:
Green Hmong: hnj Los Tsuas, hnj Nplog Teb informal
White Hmong: mww Los Tsuas, mww Nplog Teb informal
Hungarian: hu Laosz
Icelandic: is Laos n
Ido: io Laos
Indonesian: id Laos
Interlingua: ia Laos
Irish: ga Laos m
Italian: it Laos m
Japanese: ja ラオス Raosu
Kazakh: kk Лаос
Khmer: km លាវ, km ឡាវ
Korean: ko ^라오스
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Laos
Kyrgyz: ky Лаос
Lao: lo ລາວ
Latvian: lv Laosa f
Lithuanian: lt Laosas m
Lü: khb ᦟᦱᧁ
Macedonian: mk Лаос m
Malay: ms Laos
Maltese: mt Laos
Māori: mi Rāoho
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Лаос
Mongolian script: mn ᠯᠠᠣᠰ
Navajo: nv Lááʼos
Nepali: ne लाओस
Norman: nrf Laos m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Laos n
Nynorsk: nn Laos n
Pashto: ps لاوس m lāwos
Persian:
Dari: prs لَائوس
Iranian Persian: fa-ira لائوس
Polish: pl Laos m-in
Portuguese: pt Laos
Romanian: ro Laos n
Russian: ru Лао́с m
Santali: sat ᱞᱟᱣᱚᱥ
Scots: sco Laos
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ла̏ос m
Latin: sh Lȁos m
Shan: shn လၢဝ်း, shn ယူၼ်း
Sinhalese: si ලාඕසය
Slovak: sk Laos m
Slovene: sl Laos m
Spanish: es Laos
Swahili: sw Laos
Swedish: sv Laos n
Tagalog: tl Laos
Tajik: tg Лаос
Tatar: tt Лаос
Telugu: te లావోస్
Tetum: tet Laos
Thai: th ลาว
Northern Thai: nod ᩃᩣ᩠ᩅ
Tibetan: bo ལའོ་སུ
Turkish: tr Laos
Turkmen: tk Laos
Ukrainian: uk Лао́с m
Urdu: ur لاؤس m
Uyghur: ug لائوس
Uzbek: uz Laos
Vietnamese: vi Lào, vi nước Lào
Yiddish: yi לאַאָס n
Yoruba: yo Laosi
Zhuang: za Laujvoh
See also
en Vientiane
Appendix:Countries of the world
Further reading
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
en /laʊz/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Laos2.wav Southern England
Noun
en noun form
en Lao
Anagrams
en alos ASLO LOAs Loas Salo also loas salo soal sola
en heteronyms exonyms
Afrikaans
Proper noun
af Laos Q819 af:Vientiane
Related terms
af Laosiaan
af Laosiaans
Further reading
af
Albanian
sq:+i
Proper noun
m Laosi
sq country r/East Asia Laos
Declension
Basque
eu:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
in
eu Laos Q819
Declension
in.pr.topo
Derived terms
eu laostar<t:Lao; Laotian> laosera Laoseko Herri Errepublika Demokratikoa<t:Lao People's Democratic Republic>
See also
Catalan
Pronunciation
ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Laos.wav Valencia
Proper noun
m
ca Laos Q819
Derived terms
ca laosià
Further reading
ca
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
nch proper noun
nch Laos Q819
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
nhn proper noun
nhn Laos Q819
Cornish
kw:
Etymology
kw en Laos, from kw fr Laos, from kw lo ລາວ Lao.
Pronunciation
kw /laʊs/
Proper noun
kw propn
kw Laos Q819
Coordinate terms
Related terms
kw laosek<t:Laotian><pos:a>
Crimean Tatar
crh:
لاوس or لاو Laos Law Лаос Laos
Proper noun
crh proper noun
crh Laos Q819
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-in laoský Laosan
cs Laos Q819
Declension
m.sg
Further reading
cs exonyms
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Laos.ogg
Proper noun
n
nl Laos Q819
Related terms
nl Laotiaan
nl Laotiaans
nl exonyms
Faroese
Etymology
From fo fr Laos, from fo lo ລາວ Lao.
Proper noun
fo proper noun n
fo Laos Q819
Related terms
fo laotiskur
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi fr Laos.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Laos Q819
Declension
sg Laos a 0
Derived terms
fi laosilainen
See also
fi lao
Anagrams
fi alos Salo olas salo sola
fi exonyms
French
fr:
Etymology
Originally the plural of fr Lao.
Pronunciation
Laosse
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Laos.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Laos.wav France
Proper noun
m
fr Laos Q819
Derived terms
fr laotien
fr Laotien
Descendants
en Laos 1
See also
German
de:
Pronunciation
de De-Laos.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de Laos Q819
Derived terms
de Laote
de laotisch
de exonyms
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
id fr Laos, plural of fr Lao, from id lo ລາວ Lao.
Pronunciation
id laos
Proper noun
id proper noun
id Laos Q819
Noun
Laotian
Lao
Adjective
id adjective
Laotian
Lao
See also
Further reading
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from ga en -, from ga fr Laos, from ga lo ລາວ Lao.
Proper noun
m ~
ga Laos Q819
Derived terms
ga Laosach a Laotian
ga Laosach m n Laotian
Mutation
Further reading
Italian
it:
Pronunciation
^à<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
m
it Laos Q819
Derived terms
it laotiano
References
Anagrams
it alos Salò salo salò sola
it exonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb Laos Q819
Related terms
nb lao
nb laot
nb laotisk
no exonyms
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Laos Q819
Related terms
nn lao
nn laot
nn laotisk
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl fr Laos, plural of fr Lao, from pl lo ລາວ Lao.
Pronunciation
Pl-Laos.ogg
Proper noun
m-in
pl Laos Q819
Declension
s
Derived terms
pl adjective laotański
pl nouns Laotańczyk Laotanka
Further reading
pl exonyms
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :bor fr:Laos + 1
Pronunciation
Laus
pt Laos
Proper noun
m
pt Laos Q819
Derived terms
pt laosiano
Related terms
pt lao
Serbo-Croatian
sh:,sr:,hr:,bs:
Pronunciation
Lȁos
sh La os
Proper noun
Lȁos m-in
sh Laos Q819
Declension
Laos Laosa Laosu Laos Laose Laosu Laosom
sh exonyms
Slovak
sk:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-in Laosu dub
sk Laos Q819
Declension
Laos Laosu Laosu Laos Laose Laosom
References
Slovene
Pronunciation
Lȃos
Proper noun
Lȃos m-in
sl Laos Q819
Declension
Lâos sg
Related terms
sl Laošàn / sl Laošánka
sl láoski
sl láoščina
References
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Laos.wav<a:Spain>>
Proper noun
es Laos Q819
Derived terms
es laosiano
es exonyms
Swedish
sv:
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Laos.wav
Proper noun
n
sv Laos Q819
Related terms
sv laotier
sv laotisk
sv laotiska
See also
References
saol
Svensk MeSH
Anagrams
sv alos Olas sola
sv exonyms
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor es:Laos + 1
Pronunciation
la7os
Proper noun
+
tl Laos Q819
Coordinate terms
Anagrams
tl alos salo also laso
Turkish
Pronunciation
tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Laos.wav
Proper noun
tr Laos Q819
Declension
Laos - Laos'u - Laos'a - Laos'ta - Laos'tan - Laos'un -
See also
Turkmen
tk:
Proper noun
tk proper noun
tk Laos Q819
Declension
o c yes
Welsh
cy:
Pronunciation
cy /ˈlaɔs/
Proper noun
f
cy Laos Q819
Derived terms
cy Laosaidd Laotian a
cy Laoseg Lao language
cy Laosiad Laotian n
See also
Further reading
Laos