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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 *

Lao people The Lao people are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, who speak the eponymous language of the Kra–Dai languages. They are the majority ethnic group of Laos, making up 53.2% of the total population. The majority of Lao people adhere t ...

(people from Laos, or of Lao descent) * The

Lao language Lao, sometimes referred to as Laotian (, 'Lao' or , 'Lao language'), is a Kra–Dai language of the Lao people. It is spoken in Laos, where it is the official language for around 7 million people, as well as in northeast Thailand, where it ...

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 **

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 The country in which a motor vehicle's vehicle registration plate was issued may be indicated by an international licence plate country code, formerly known as an International Registration Letter or International Circulation Mark. It is ref ...

for Laos

Other places

Mount Lao Mount Lao, or Laoshan (), is a mountain located near the East China Sea on the southeastern coastline of the Shandong Peninsula in China. The mountain is culturally significant due to its long affiliation with Taoism and is often regarded as on ...

(), Qingdao, China *

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. ...

, a river of southern Italy *

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 *

Lao, Bhutan Lao is a settlement in Trashiyangtse District in eastern Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, ...

Lao, Estonia Lao is a village in Tõstamaa Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern Estonia. It is located on the top of the Tõstamaa peninsula, on the coast of the Gulf of Riga. Lao has a population of 31 as of 1 January 2011. Munalaiu harbour, which connect ...

, village in Tõstamaa Parish, Pärnu County *

Lao, Togo Lao, Togo is a village in the Doufelgou Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-eastern Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to ...

* LAO, IATA code of

Laoag International Airport Laoag International Airport ( ilo, Sangalubongan a Pagpatayaban ti Laoag; fil, Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Laoag; ) is the main airport serving the general area of Laoag, the capital city of the province of Ilocos Norte in the Philippines. It is the ...

in the Philippines

Philosophers

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 ...

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 *

Linear alpha olefin Linear alpha olefins (LAO) or normal alpha olefins (NAO) are olefins or alkenes with a chemical formula Cx H2x, distinguished from other mono-olefins with a similar molecular formula by linearity of the hydrocarbon chain and the position of the d ...

California Legislative Analyst's Office The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), located in Sacramento, California, is a nonpartisan government agency that has provided fiscal and policy advice to the California Legislature since 1941. The office is known for analyzing the state budget ...

Legal Aid Ontario Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is a publicly funded and publicly accountable non-profit corporation, responsible for administering the legal aid program in the province of Ontario, Canada. Through a toll-free number and multiple in-person locations such ...

Legislative Affairs Office Legislative Affairs Office (LAO; Simplified Chinese: 法制办公室 Pinyin: Fǎzhì Bàngōngshì) is an administrative office within the State Council of the People's Republic of China which assists the Premier in providing legal advice and admin ...

* The material

lanthanum aluminate Lanthanum aluminate is an inorganic compound with the formula LaAlO3, often abbreviated as LAO. It is an optically transparent ceramic oxide with a distorted perovskite structure. Properties Crystalline LaAlO3 has a relatively high relative diel ...

, or LaAlO₃

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