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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 *

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 ...

* Lao Rongzhi (born 1974), Chinese female serial killer *

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 ** Lao (Unicode block), 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 vehicle registration code, also called Vehicle Registration Identification code or VRI code, formerly known as an International ...

for Laos

Other places

* Mount Lao (), 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. D ...

, a river of southern Italy * Lao River, Thailand, a tributary of the Kok River in Thailand *

Lao, Bhutan Lao is a settlement in Trashiyangtse District in eastern Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and ...

, a settlement in Trashiyangtse District, eastern Bhutan *

Lao, Estonia Lao is a village in Pärnu urban municipality, 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, whi ...

, village in Tõstamaa Parish, Pärnu County *

Lao, Togo Lao is a village in the Doufelgou Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-eastern Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo borde ...

* LAO, IATA code of

Laoag International Airport Laoag International Airport is an airport serving the general area of Laoag, the capital city of the province of Ilocos Norte in the Philippines. It is the only airport in Ilocos Norte and is the northernmost international airport in the Ph ...

in the Philippines

Philosophers

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 *

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 ...

Lands Administration Office The Lands Administration Office (LAO) ( zh, 地政處) is a functional office under the Lands Department of the Hong Kong Government. The LAO comprises a headquarters section, a number of professional sections and 12 District Lands Offices (DLOs). ...

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 s ...

Legislative Affairs Office Legislative Affairs Office (法制办公室) was an administrative office within the State Council of the People's Republic of China which assisted the premier in providing legal advice and administrative laws to govern the behaviour of government ...

Linear alpha olefin Straight-chain terminal alkenes, also called linear alpha olefins (LAO) or normal alpha olefins (NAO), are alkenes (olefins) having a chemical formula , distinguished from other alkenes with a similar molecular formula by being terminal alkenes, ...

* 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 die ...

, or LaAlO₃

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