The Lao People's Democratic
Republic is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
Laos is bordered by Myanmar (commonly known as
Burma), China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east,
Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west.
Modern Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan
Xang or Land of A Million Elephants, which existed
from the 14th to the 18th century, and has much in
common with the Kingdom of Lanna, which today forms
modern Chiang Mai. The flag of the Kingdom of Laos
features the Erawan, or mythical white three headed
elephant. The current Laos flag was first used by
the Lao nationalist government of 1945, and was
adopted by the Lao communist government in 1975.
Laos is known as 'Muang Lao' in the Laos language.
It got to be known as Laos in English because the
French, who colonized it since 1893, spelled Laos
with an "s" at the end. This as resulted in Laos
spelled with s in English as well. Nevertheless,
adjectives pertaining to Laos is always spelled
without the s, ie Lao beer, Lao economy, etc. The
people of Laos is called Laotian in English. This is
the collective term for Laos people, inclusive of
the minorities living in Laos, to avoid confusion
with the Lao ethnic group, which is also called Lao.
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