Laotian

[ ley-oh-shuhn, lou-shuhn ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Laos. Laos.
2. Lao.

adjective

1. of or relating to Laos, Laos, its people, or their language.

Laotian

/ laʊ; ˈlaʊʃɪən /

noun

1. LaotiansLaoLaos a member of a Buddhist people of Laos and NE Thailand, related to the Thais
2. the language of this people, closely related to Thai

adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their language or to Laos

Other Words From

• an·ti-La·o·tian adjective noun
• pro-La·o·tian adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Laotian¹

< French laotien; Laos, -ian

Example Sentences

It included essays by Laotian people living under long-term U.S. bombardment along with drawings by children who depicted the horrors all around them.

From Salon

“I am born in Laos, but I am not Laotian,” Saephan told a news conference Monday at Oregon Lottery headquarters, where his identity as one of the jackpot’s winners was revealed.

From Seattle Times

Yang was born in the Ban Vinai refugee camp in Thailand in the wake of the Vietnam War and the Laotian civil war.

From New York Times

It brings all the elements together, with its mix of historic Laotian and French colonial architecture on a peninsula at the confluence of the Mekong and the Nam Khan rivers.

From Seattle Times

Congress or public — to massively bomb Laos and murder tens of thousands of subsistence-level, innocent Laotian civilians who did not even know where America was, let alone commit an offense against it.

From Salon