Laotianadj.n.
/ˈlaʊʃən//lɑːˈəʊʃən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to the country of Laos.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Far East > [adjective] > Laos
Laotiana1861
a1861 H. Mouhot Trav. Indo-China (1864) II. xviii. 154 The Laotian priests..make a frightful noise, chanting from morning to night.
1890 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough I. i. 42 Before beginning to work at the salt-pans in a Laosian village, the workmen offer sacrifice to a local divinity.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Nov. 880/4 A Laotian festival.
1968 Guardian 1 May 9/1 The American..was having an argument with four Laotian officials... Suddenly the American threw the contents of his glass at one of the Laotians.
1972 Mainichi Daily News (Japan) 6 Nov. 19/4 (caption) Japanese ‘peace corps’ members..teach Laotian farmers how to operate a tractor.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of Laos; also the language of the Laotian people.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Indo-China > [noun] > Laos
Laotian1911
the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Daic > Lao
Lao1939
Laotian1954
1911 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 190/2 Laos is inhabited by a mixed population falling into three main groups—the Thais (including the Laotians..); various aboriginal peoples classed as Khas; and the inhabitants of neighbouring countries.
1949 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 69 63/2 The Southern group of Tai in Indo-China includes the Siamese and the Laotians.
1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 120 Thai Lao or Eastern Laotian..and Tai Yüan or Western Laotian.
1967 D. S. Parlett Short Dict. Lang. 122 Siamese and Laotian boast literature from comparatively ancient times.
1971 Guardian 8 Apr. 2/1 The writer is an American freelance who speaks fluent Laotian.
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