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Lao may refer to:
Laos
* Something of, from, or related to
Laos
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...
, a country in Southeast Asia
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Lao people
The Lao people are a Tai peoples, Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, primarily inhabiting Laos and northeastern Thailand. They speak the Lao language, part of the Kra–Dai languages, Kra–Dai language family, and are the dominant ethni ...
(people from Laos, or of Lao descent)
* The
Lao language
Lao (Lao: , ), sometimes referred to as Laotian, is the official language of Laos and a significant language in the Isan region of northeastern Thailand, where it is usually referred to as the Isan language. Spoken by over 3 million people in ...
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Lao Rongzhi (born 1974), Chinese female serial killer
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Lao script
Lao script or Akson Lao ( ) is the primary script used to write the Lao language and other languages in Laos. Its earlier form, the Tai Noi script, was also used to write the Isan language, but was replaced by the Thai script. It has 27 co ...
, the writing system used to write the Lao language
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Lao (Unicode block), 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, a river of southern Italy
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Lao River, Thailand, a tributary of the Kok River in Thailand
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Lao, Bhutan, a settlement in Trashiyangtse District, eastern 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 romanized as Lao Tzu #Name, among other ways, was a semi-legendary Chinese philosophy, Chinese philosopher and author of the ''Tao Te Ching'' (''Laozi''), one of the foundational texts of Taoism alongside the ''Zhuangzi (book) ...
or Lao-Tzu, philosopher and poet of ancient China.
Other
* Alternative spelling of
Liu, common Chinese surname
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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. Sometimes referred to as the "eyes and ears" of ...
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Lands Administration Office
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Legal Aid Ontario
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Legislative Affairs Office
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Linear alpha olefin
* The material
lanthanum aluminate, or LaAlO
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See also
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Loa (disambiguation)
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