LAOTIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Laotian mean? 

• LAOTIAN (noun)
  The noun LAOTIAN has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: LAOTIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• LAOTIAN (adjective)
  The adjective LAOTIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Laos or its people

  Familiarity information: LAOTIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAOTIAN (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Lao; Laotian

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)

• LAOTIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Laos or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Laotian refugees

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)