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Lao may refer to:
Laos
* Something of, from, or related to
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
, a country in Southeast Asia
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Lao people (people from Laos, or of Lao descent)
* The
Lao language
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Lao script
Lao script or Akson Lao ( lo, ອັກສອນລາວ, links=no ) is the primary script used to write the Lao language and other minority languages in Laos. Its earlier form, the Tai Noi script, was also used to write the Isan language, b ...
, the writing system used to write the Lao language
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Lao (Unicode block)
Lao is a Unicode block
A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes ( code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typicall ...
, a block of Lao characters in Unicode
* LAO, the
international vehicle registration code for Laos
Other places
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Mount Lao (), Qingdao, China
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Lao River, Italy
The Lao (Greek: ; Latin: Laus, Laos or Laüs; formerly also Laino) is a river in southern Italy. It rises in the Lucanian Apennines in Basilicata (where it is known as the Mercure) and drains into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Scalea in Calabria.
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, a river of southern Italy
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Lao River, Thailand
The Lao River or Mae Lao River ( th, น้ำแม่ลาว, , ) is a river in Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand. It is a tributary of the Kok River, with its mouth near Sum Pratu in Mueang Chiang Rai District. This river gives its nam ...
, a tributary of the Kok River in Thailand
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Lao, Bhutan
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Lao, Estonia, village in Tõstamaa Parish, Pärnu County
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Lao, Togo
* LAO, IATA code of
Laoag International Airport in the Philippines
Philosophers
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Laozi
Laozi (), also known by numerous other names, was a semilegendary ancient Chinese Taoist philosopher. Laozi ( zh, ) is a Chinese honorific, generally translated as "the Old Master". Traditional accounts say he was born as in the state
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or Lao-Tzu, philosopher and poet of ancient China.
Other
* Alternative spelling of
Liu
/ ( or ) is an East Asian surname. pinyin: in Mandarin Chinese, in Cantonese. It is the family name of the Han dynasty emperors. The character originally meant 'kill', but is now used only as a surname. It is listed 252nd in the classic text ...
, common Chinese surname
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Linear alpha olefin
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California Legislative Analyst's Office
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Legal Aid Ontario
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Legislative Affairs Office
* The material
lanthanum aluminate, or LaAlO
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See also
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Loa (disambiguation)
Loa are the spirits of Haitian Vodou and Louisiana Voodoo.
Loa may also refer to:
Fictional characters
* Loa (comics), a character in the Marvel Universe
*Loa (Fullmetal Alchemist), Loa (''Fullmetal Alchemist''), a character in the manga serie ...
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