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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:

Lao; Laotian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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