Laos

The Lao People's Democratic Republic is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (commonly known in the West as Burma) and the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. The term Lao is most frequently used to refer to the dominant language and people of Laos. It is also a romanised form of the word Laos in the Lao language (???). It is sometimes used in English to refer to the country as well, but romanization standards hold that "Laos" is the preferred spelling. From the 14th to the 18th century, the country was called Lan Xang or Land of A Million Elephants.

Related Topics:
Southeast Asia - Myanmar - People's Republic of China - Vietnam - Cambodia - Thailand - Lao language - Romanization - Lan Xang

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