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LAOTIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Laotian" is a kind of...):
Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)
Holonyms ("Laotian" is a member of...):
Lao People's Democratic Republic; Laos (a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949)
Derivation:
Laotian (of or relating to Laos or its people)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Laos or its people
Example:
Laotian refugees
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Laos (a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949)
Derivation:
Laos (a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949)
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)
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