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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Lao ລາວ ( lāo ) .
Pronunciation
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Noun
Lao (countable and uncountable , plural Lao or Laos )
( countable ) A Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia.
( uncountable ) The official language of Laos that is closely related to Thai .
Translations
person
Afrikaans: Laosiaan
Albanian: laotián m , laotiáne f , laosián (sq) m , laosiáne f ,
Basque: laostar
Bulgarian: лао́сец m ( laósec )
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: laosià (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 老撾人 / 老挝人 (zh) ( lǎowōrén )
Czech: Laosan (cs) m
Dutch: Laotiaans (nl) n
Farefare: laoga
Finnish: laosilainen (fi) , lao (fi)
French: Laotien (fr) m , Laotienne (fr) f
Galician: laosiano (gl) m
German: Laote (de) m , Laotin (de) f
Gujarati: લાઓશિયન ( lāośiyan )
Hindi: लाओशियन (hi) ( lāośiyan )
Hungarian: lao (hu)
Irish: Laosach m
Italian: laotiano (it) m , laotiana (it) f
Japanese: ラオス人 ( ラオスじん, raosujin )
Khmer: លាវ (km) ( liəw )
Korean: 라오스인 ( raoseu'in )
Lao: ຄົນ ລາວ ( khonlāo )
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: laot (no) m
Nynorsk: laot (nn) m
Persian: لائوسی (fa) ( lâ'osi )
Polish: Laotańczyk (pl) m , Laotanka (pl) f
Portuguese: laosiano (pt) m , laociano (pt) m
Romanian: laoțian (ro) m , laoțiană (ro)
Russian: лао́сец (ru) m ( laósec ) , лао́ска (ru) f ( laóska )
Spanish: laosiano (es) m , laosiana (es) f , lao (es) m
Swedish: laotier (sv) m , laotiska (sv) f
Tagalog: Laosyano
Thai: คน ลาว ( kon-laao )
Ukrainian: лао́сець m ( laósecʹ ) , лао́ска f ( laóska )
Vietnamese: người Lào
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
language
Afrikaans: Laosiaans , Lao
Albanian: laotián , laotianísht , laotísht , laosián (sq) , laosianísht , laosísht
Armenian: լաոսերեն (hy) ( laoseren )
Belarusian: лао́ская f ( laóskaja ) ( мо́ва )
Bulgarian: лао́ски m ( laóski ) ( ези́к )
Burmese: ( written language ) လာအိုစာ ( lauica ) , ( spoken language ) လာအိုစကား ( lauica.ka: )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 老撾語 / 老挝语 (zh) ( lǎowōyǔ ) , 寮文 ( liáowén )
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can
Czech: laoština f
Danish: laotisk c
Dutch: Laotiaans (nl) n
Farefare: laore
Finnish: lao (fi)
French: laotien (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Laotisch (de) , Lao n
Greek: please add this translation if you can
Green Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Gujarati: લાઓશિયન ( lāośiyan )
Hindi: लाओशियन (hi) ( lāośiyan )
Hungarian: lao (hu)
Indonesian: bahasa Laos
Irish: Laoisis f
Italian: laotiano (it)
Japanese: ラオ語 (ja) ( raogo ) , ラオス語 (ja) ( raosugo ) , ラーオ語 (ja) ( ラーオご, rāogo )
Khmer: ភាសា លាវ ( phiəsaaliəw )
Korean: 라오어 ( rao'eo )
Lao: ພາສາລາວ (lo) ( phā sā lāo )
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Malay: Bahasa Lao
Norwegian:
Bokmål: laotisk (no) m
Nynorsk: laotisk (nn) m
Polish: laotański (pl) m
Portuguese: laosiano (pt) m , laociano (pt) m
Romanian: laoțiană (ro) f , lao
Russian: лао́сский (ru) m ( laósskij ) ( язы́к )
Slovak: laoština f
Spanish: lao (es) m , laosiano (es) m
Swedish: laotiska (sv) f
Tagalog: Laosyano
Thai: ภาษา ลาว ( paa-sǎa laao )
Ukrainian: лао́ська f ( laósʹka ) ( мо́ва )
Vietnamese: tiếng Lào
Welsh: Laoeg f
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Zhuang: vahlao
Adjective
Lao (not comparable )
Of, from, or pertaining to Laos , the Lao people or their Kra-Dai Lao language.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language
See also
Further reading
Proper noun
Lao
A barangay of Ormoc , Leyte , Philippines .
Coordinate terms: Airport ; Alegria ; Alta Vista ; Bagong ; Bagong Buhay ; Bantigue ; Barangay East ; Barangay North ; Barangay South ; Barangay West ; Batuan ; Bayog ; Biliboy ; Borok ; Cabaon-an ; Cabintan ; Cabulihan ; Cagbuhangin ; Camp Downes ; Can-adieng ; Can-untog ; Catmon ; Cogon Combado ; Concepcion ; Curva ; Danao ; Danhug ; Dayhagan ; Dolores ; Domonar ; Don Felipe Larrazabal ; Don Potenciano Larrazabal ; Donghol ; Doña Feliza Z. Mejia ; Esperanza ; Gaas ; Green Valley ; Guintigui-an ; Hibunawon ; Hugpa ; Ipil ; Juaton ; Kadaohan ; Labrador ; Lao ; Leondoni ; Libertad ; Liberty ; Licuma ; Liloan ; Linao ; Luna ; Mabato ; Mabini ; Macabug ; Magaswi ; Mahayag ; Mahayahay ; Manlilinao ; Margen ; Mas-in ; Matica-a ; Milagro ; Monterico ; Nasunogan ; Naungan ; Nueva Sociedad ; Nueva Vista ; Patag ; Punta ; Quezon, Jr. ; Rufina M. Tan ; Sabang Bao ; Salvacion ; San Antonio ; San Isidro ; San Jose ; San Juan ; San Pablo ; San Vicente ; Santo Niño ; Sumangga ; Tambulilid ; Tongonan ; Valencia — barangays of Ormoc
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Proper noun
Lao
Synonym of Laosiaans ( the Lao language )
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Laus , from Ancient Greek Λαός ( Laós ) , likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- ( “ to wash ” ) , common in hydronyms. The first vowel may have derived from an O-grade or from the zero-grade , depending on the language it was borrowed through.[ 1]
Proper noun
Lao ?
A river in Calabria
References
^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
From Hokkien 劉 / 刘 (Lâu ) or 留 (Lâu ) & Cantonese 劉 / 刘 (Lau4 ), via English Lao . Doublet of Lew and Liu .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lao (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ᜔ )
a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien
a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese
See also
Anagrams
Turkish
Proper noun
Lao
Lao , a person from Laos
Declension