How to Use Laotian in a Sentence
Laotian
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Bhutanese, Mongolian, Nepali and Laotian are among the qualified ethnicities on the list.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 20 Dec. 2025
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Stories abound in every survivor of the Rwandan genocide, every Hmong refugee who fled the Laotian Civil War, every Iranian trying to protect their families from American missiles.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
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When Hank and Peggy meet a new family who has moved into the neighborhood, the Laotian Souphanousinphones, Hank immediately dislikes the father, Kahn, who is abrasive, competitive, and often rude.
—Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2026
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The parade is part of a three-day Laotian New Year celebration in the neighborhood of Lanxang Village near New Iberia and near the Buddhist temple grounds of Wat Thammarattanaram, the Associated Press reported.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
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Diaspora communities also exist in the United States, Australia, France, and South America, with large groups of Hmong leaving Asia in the 1970s following the Vietnam War and Laotian Civil War, and another wave following after the passage of the Refugee Act of 1980.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
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