Lao
/laʊ/
Lao noun: a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia.
Noun
Lao (countable and uncountable, plural Lao or Laos)
- A Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia.
- The official language of Laos that is closely related to Thai.
Adjective
Lao (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the Lao people or their Kra-Dai Lao language.
- A statement from the official Lao News Agency (KPL) Friday reported that “the consumption of tainted alcoholic beverages” was the suspected cause of the deaths.2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- Laotian
Proper noun
Lao
- A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Lao meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati and Tagalog
Lao in Hindi
- person
- लाओशियन lāośiyan
- language
- लाओशियन lāośiyan
Lao in Bengali
- লাও
Lao in Gujarati
- person
- લાઓશિયન lāośiyan
- language
- લાઓશિયન lāośiyan
Lao in Tagalog
- person
- Laosyano
- language
- Laosyano
- of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language
- Laosyano
More languagesFewer languages
- Lao in Malay
- Bahasa Lao
- Lao in Indonesian
- bahasa Laos
- Lao in Persian
- لائوسی lâ'osi
- Lao in Thai
- คนลาว kon-laao, ภาษาลาว paa-sǎa laao, ลาว laao
- Lao in Vietnamese
- người Lào, tiếng Lào, Lào
- Lao in Myanmar
- လာအိုစာ lauica, လာအိုစကား lauica.ka:, လာအို laui
Synonyms of Lao
Forms of Lao
| plural Lao | Laos |
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Origin of Lao
Borrowed from Lao ລາວ (lāo).
Words formed from Lao
Phrases with Lao
Words that rhyme with Lao
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about Lao
- What does Lao mean?
- Lao means a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia.
- What is Lao in Hindi?
- Lao in Hindi is लाओशियन (lāośiyan). See Lao meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Lao?
- Lao can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Lao?
- Lao is pronounced /laʊ/.
Words near Lao in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Lao (page history and authors); Lao (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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