Lao vs. Laos

Laonoun

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

Laonoun

the Tai language of a Buddhist people living in the area of the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos

Laoadjective

of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand

Laos

a country in Southeast Asia.

Laosnoun

a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949

Laos

Laos ( (listen), ; Lao: ລາວ, Lāo [láːw]), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao), is a socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. At the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast and Thailand to the west and southwest.