Lao

Borrowed from Lao ລາວ (lāo).

• IPA^(key): /laʊ/, /ˈlɑːoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -aʊ

Lao (countable and uncountable, plural Lao or Laos)

1. (countable) A Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia.
2. (uncountable) The official language of Laos that is closely related to Thai.

Lao (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the Lao people or their Kra-Dai Lao language.

• Laotian

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lao terms

• ISO 639-1 code lo, ISO 639-3 code lao (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Lao, lao ⁠

• -ola, AOL, LOA, Loa, OAL, Ola, loa, ola

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]

Lao ?

1. A river in Calabria

• alo, alo-, alò, loa, olà

From Hokkien 劉／刘 (Lâu) & Cantonese 劉／刘 (Lau⁴), via English Lao. Doublet of Lew and Liu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaw/, [ˈlaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw

Lao

1. a surname from Min Nan of Chinese origin
2. a surname from Cantonese of Chinese origin

• Lew

Lao

1. Lao, a person from Laos