Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun laos

1 sense of laos

Sense 1
Laos, Lao People's Democratic Republic -- (a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949)
       INSTANCE OF=> Asian country, Asian nation -- (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lao

2 senses of lao

Sense 1
Lao, Laotian -- (a member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais)
       => Asian, Asiatic -- (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Sense 2
Lao -- (the Tai language of a Buddhist people living in the area of the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos)
       => Tai -- (the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of languages)