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laos

UK/ˈlaʊs/US/ˈlaʊs/
nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,180 of 15,258mostly written

Laos is the quiet landlocked Southeast Asian country along the Mekong. Travel to Laos, born in Laos, the north of Laos.

It is the most heavily bombed country per head in history: more than two million tonnes fell on it during the Vietnam War, much of it in a campaign that was secret at the time, and unexploded ordnance still kills people every year.

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Definitions of laos

  1. 1nounlaosA landlocked country in Southeast Asia.B2+

    “The Mekong River flows through Laos on its way to the sea.”

laos is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. lo

    ລາວ — Lao

  2. French

    Laos

  3. English

    Laos

  4. English, today

    laos

Laos French Laos, plural of Lao, from lo ລາວ (“Lao”). More at Lao.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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