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Laos

noun

A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949. Synonym: Lao People's Democratic Republic.

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"Laos" Quotes from Famous Books

... common to them all, bear various emblems, are those of the same god, who reins under different names in the nations of the East. The Chinese adores him in Fot,* the Japanese in Budso, the Ceylonese in Bedhou, the people of Laos in Chekia, of Pegu in Phta, of Siam in Sommona-Kodom, of Thibet in Budd and in La. Agreeing in some points of his history, they all celebrate his life of penitence, his mortifications, his fastings, ...

— The Ruins • C. F. [Constantin Francois de] Volney

... SHANS or LAOS, the name of a people, descendants of aborigines of China, forming several large tribes scattered round the frontiers of Burma, Siam, and South China, whose territory, roughly speaking, extends N. as far as the Yunnan Plateau of South China; ...

— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

... family is of an olive colour and black eyes, flat nose and face, small stature, black hair, no beard, and thick lips. It comprises the people of Central and Northern Asia, Thibet, Ava, Pegu, Cambodia, Laos, and Siam; the Chinese, Japanese, Fins, ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12, - Issue 331, September 13, 1828 • Various

Words linked to "Laos" : Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Indochina, Mekong, Indochinese peninsula, Asian country, capital of Laos, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, Laotian capital, Mekong River, Asian nation, Laotian, Lao