Laos

See also: laos and LAOS

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Laos, plural of Lao, from Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”). More at Lao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊ(s)/, /ˈlɑːoʊ(s)/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aʊ
• Homophone: louse

Proper noun

Laos

2. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Capital: Vientiane.

   Synonym: Laoland

Related terms

• Lao
• Laotian

Translations

country in Southeast Asia

• Afrikaans: Laos
• Albanian: Laos m (indefinite), Laosi (sq) m (definite)
• Amharic: ላዎስ (lawos)
• Arabic: لَاوْس f (lāws), لَاوُس f (lāwos)
• Armenian: Լաոս (hy) (Laos)
• Assamese: লাউচ (laus)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܵܘܣ f (laws)
• Azerbaijani: Laos (az)
• Bashkir: Лаос (Laos)
• Belarusian: Лао́с m (Laós)
• Bengali: লাওস (bn) (laōs)
• Breton: Laos
• Bulgarian: Лао́с (bg) m (Laós)
• Burmese: လာအို (laui)
• Catalan: Laos (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老撾 / 老挝 (zh) (Lǎowō), 寮國 / 寮国 (zh) (Liáoguó) (Taiwan)

• Czech: Laos (cs) m
• Danish: Laos n
• Dhivehi: ލާއޯސް (lāōs)
• Dutch: Laos (nl) n
• Esperanto: Laoso (eo)
• Estonian: Laos (et)
• Farefare: Laogo
• Faroese: Laos n
• Finnish: Laos (fi)
• French: Laos (fr) m
• Georgian: ლაოსი (ka) (laosi)
• German: Laos (de) n
• Greek: Λάος (el) n (Láos)
• Green Hmong: Los Tsuas, Nplog Teb (informal)
• Hausa: Laos
• Hebrew: לָאוֹס f (laos)
• Hindi: लाओस (hi) m (lāos)
• Hungarian: Laosz (hu)
• Icelandic: Laos (is) n
• Ido: Laos (io)
• Indonesian: Laos (id)
• Interlingua: Laos
• Irish: Laos m
• Italian: Laos (it) m
• Japanese: ラオス (ja) (Raosu)
• Kazakh: Лаос (kk) (Laos)
• Khmer: លាវ (km) (liəw), ឡាវ (km) (laaw)
• Korean: 라오스 (ko) (Raoseu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Laos (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Лаос (ky) (Laos)
• Lao: ລາວ (lo) (lāo), ເມືອງລາວ (mư̄ang lāo), ປະເທດລາວ (pa thēt lāo)
• Latvian: Laosa (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Laosas (lt) m
• Lü: ᦟᦱᧁ (laaw)
• Macedonian: Лаос (mk) m (Laos)
• Malay: Laos (ms)
• Maltese: Laos (mt)
• Maori: Rāoho (mi)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Лаос (mn) (Laos)

  Mongolian: ᠯᠠᠣᠰ (laos)

• Navajo: Lááʼos
• Nepali: लाओस (lāos)
• Norman: Laos m
• Northern Thai: ᩃᩣ᩠ᩅ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Laos (no) n

  Nynorsk: Laos (nn) n

• Pashto: لاوس m (lāwos)
• Persian:

  Dari: لَائوس (lā'ōs)

  Iranian Persian: لائوس (fa) (lâ'us)

• Polish: Laos (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Laos (pt)
• Romanian: Laos (ro) n
• Russian: Лао́с (ru) m (Laós)
• Santali: ᱞᱟᱣᱚᱥ (lavôs)
• Scots: Laos
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ла̏ос m

  Roman: Lȁos m

• Sinhalese: ලාඕසය (lāōsaya)
• Slovak: Laos (sk) m
• Slovene: Laos (sl) m
• Spanish: Laos (es)
• Swahili: Laos
• Swedish: Laos (sv) n
• Tagalog: Laos (tl)
• Tajik: Лаос (tg) (Laos)
• Tatar: Лаос (Laos)
• Telugu: లావోస్ (te) (lāvōs)
• Tetum: Laos
• Thai: ลาว (th) (laao), ประเทศลาว (bprà-têet laao), เมืองลาว (mʉʉang laao)
• Tibetan: ལའོ་སུ (la'o su)
• Turkish: Laos (tr)
• Turkmen: Laos
• Ukrainian: Лао́с (uk) m (Laós)
• Urdu: لاؤس m (lāos)
• Uyghur: لائوس (la'os)
• Uzbek: Laos (uz)
• Vietnamese: Lào (vi), nước Lào
• White Hmong: Los Tsuas, Nplog Teb (informal)
• Yiddish: לאַאָס n (laos)
• Yoruba: Laosi
• Zhuang: Laujvoh

See also

• Vientiane
• Appendix:Countries of the world

countries in Asia (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• China
• Cyprus
• East Timor
• Georgia
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• North Korea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Further reading

• Laos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Laos on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Laos on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Category:Laos on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʊz/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Laos

1. plural of Lao

Anagrams

• ASLO, LOAs, Loas, Salo, also, loas, salo, soal, sola

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia; capital: Vientiane)

Related terms

• Laosiaan
• Laosiaans

Further reading

• Laos on the Afrikaans Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^af

Albanian

Proper noun

Laos m (definite Laosi)

1. Laos (a country in East Asia)

Declension

Declension of Laos

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Laos	Laosi
accusative		Laosin
dat./abl.	Laosi	Laosit

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laos̺/ [la.os̺]
• Rhymes: -aos̺, -os̺
• Hyphenation: La‧os

Proper noun

Laos inan

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

Declension of Laos (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite
absolutive	Laos
ergative	Laosek
dative	Laosi
genitive	Laosen
comitative	Laosekin
causative	Laosengatik
benefactive	Laosentzat
instrumental	Laosez
inessive	Laosen
locative	Laosko
allative	Laosera
terminative	Laoseraino
directive	Laoserantz
destinative	Laoserako
ablative	Laostik
partitive	Laosik
prolative	Laostzat

Derived terms

• Laoseko Herri Errepublika Demokratikoa (“Lao People's Democratic Republic”)
• laosera
• laostar (“Lao; Laotian”)

See also

countries in Asia: Asiako herrialdeak (appendix)edit

• Afganistan
• Arabiar Emirerri Batuak
• Armenia
• Azerbaidjan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Birmania
• Brunei
• Ekialdeko Timor
• Errusia
• Filipinak
• Georgia
• Hego Korea
• India
• Indonesia
• Ipar Korea
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Japonia
• Jordania
• Kanbodia
• Kazakhstan
• Kirgizistan
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libano
• Malaysia
• Maldivas
• Mongolia
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestina
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapur
• Siria
• Sri Lanka
• Tadjikistan
• Taiwan
• Thailandia
• Turkia
• Turkmenistan
• Txina
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen
• Zipre

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈla.us]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈla.os]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Laos m

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• laosià

Further reading

• Laos on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Crimean Tatar

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaos]

Proper noun

Laos m inan (relational adjective laoský, demonym Laosan)

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

Declension of Laos (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Laos
genitive	Laosu
dative	Laosu
accusative	Laos
vocative	Laose
locative	Laosu
instrumental	Laosem

Further reading

• “Laos”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Laos”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Laos”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Laos n

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• Laotiaan
• Laotiaans

Faroese

Etymology

From French Laos, from Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).

Proper noun

Laos n

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• laotiskur

Finnish

Etymology

From French Laos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑos/, [ˈlɑ̝o̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑos
• Syllabification^(key): La‧os
• Hyphenation^(key): La‧os

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

Inflection of Laos (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Laos	—
genitive		Laosin	—
partitive		Laosia	—
illative		Laosiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Laos	—
accusative	nom.	Laos	—
	gen.	Laosin
genitive		Laosin	—
partitive		Laosia	—
inessive		Laosissa	—
elative		Laosista	—
illative		Laosiin	—
adessive		Laosilla	—
ablative		Laosilta	—
allative		Laosille	—
essive		Laosina	—
translative		Laosiksi	—
abessive		Laositta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Laos (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Laosini — accusative nom. Laosini — gen. Laosini genitive Laosini — partitive Laosiani — inessive Laosissani — elative Laosistani — illative Laosiini — adessive Laosillani — ablative Laosiltani — allative Laosilleni — essive Laosinani — translative Laosikseni — abessive Laosittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Laosisi — accusative nom. Laosisi — gen. Laosisi genitive Laosisi — partitive Laosiasi — inessive Laosissasi — elative Laosistasi — illative Laosiisi — adessive Laosillasi — ablative Laosiltasi — allative Laosillesi — essive Laosinasi — translative Laosiksesi — abessive Laosittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Laosimme — accusative nom. Laosimme — gen. Laosimme genitive Laosimme — partitive Laosiamme — inessive Laosissamme — elative Laosistamme — illative Laosiimme — adessive Laosillamme — ablative Laosiltamme — allative Laosillemme — essive Laosinamme — translative Laosiksemme — abessive Laosittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Laosinne — accusative nom. Laosinne — gen. Laosinne genitive Laosinne — partitive Laosianne — inessive Laosissanne — elative Laosistanne — illative Laosiinne — adessive Laosillanne — ablative Laosiltanne — allative Laosillenne — essive Laosinanne — translative Laosiksenne — abessive Laosittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Laosinsa — accusative nom. Laosinsa — gen. Laosinsa genitive Laosinsa — partitive Laosiaan Laosiansa — inessive Laosissaan Laosissansa — elative Laosistaan Laosistansa — illative Laosiinsa — adessive Laosillaan Laosillansa — ablative Laosiltaan Laosiltansa — allative Laosilleen Laosillensa — essive Laosinaan Laosinansa — translative Laosikseen Laosiksensa — abessive Laosittaan Laosittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• laosilainen

See also

• lao

Anagrams

• Salo, olas, salo, sola

French

Etymology

Originally the plural of Lao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ɔs/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Laos m

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• laotien
• Laotien

Descendants

• → English: Laos

See also

countries in Asia: pays d’Asie (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Arabie saoudite
• Arménie
• Azerbaïdjan
• Bahreïn
• Bangladesh
• Bhoutan
• Birmanie
• Brunei
• Cambodge
• Chine
• Chypre
• Corée du Nord
• Corée du Sud
• Émirats arabes unis
• Géorgie
• Inde
• Indonésie
• Irak
• Iran
• Israël
• Japon
• Jordanie
• Kazakhstan
• Kirghizistan
• Koweït
• Laos
• Liban
• Malaisie
• Maldives
• Mongolie
• Népal
• Oman
• Ouzbékistan
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russie
• Singapour
• Sri Lanka
• Syrie
• Tadjikistan
• Thaïlande
• Timor oriental
• Turkménistan
• Turquie
• Vietnam
• Yémen

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Laos n (proper noun, genitive Laos' or (with an article) Laos)

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• Laote
• laotisch

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English, from French Laos, from Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).

Proper noun

Laos m (genitive Laos)

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• Laosach (“Laotian”, adjective)
• Laosach m (“Laotian”, noun)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Laos

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Laos	not applicable	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “Laos”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Italian

Proper noun

Laos m

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• laotiano

Anagrams

• Salò, salo, salò, sola

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• lao
• laot
• laotisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• lao
• laot
• laotisk

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Laos, plural of Lao, from Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɔs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɔs
• Syllabification: La‧os

Proper noun

Laos m inan

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

Declension of Laos

	singular
nominative	Laos
genitive	Laosu
dative	Laosowi
accusative	Laos
instrumental	Laosem
locative	Laosie
vocative	Laosie

Derived terms

adjective

• laotański

nouns

• Laotanka
• Laotańczyk

Further reading

• Laos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Laos.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlaws/ [ˈlaʊ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlaws/ [ˈlaʊ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈlawʃ/ [ˈlaʊ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlawʃ/

• Hyphenation: Laos

Proper noun

Laos m

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• laosiano

Related terms

• lao

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lâos/
• Hyphenation: La‧os

Proper noun

Lȁos m (Cyrillic spelling Ла̏ос)

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

Declension of Laos

	singular
nominative	Laos
genitive	Laosa
dative	Laosu
accusative	Laos
vocative	Laose
locative	Laosu
instrumental	Laosom

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaɔs]

Proper noun

Laos m inan (genitive singular Laosu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

Declension of Laos

	singulare tantum
nominative	Laos
genitive	Laosu
dative	Laosu
accusative	Laos
locative	Laose
instrumental	Laosom

References

• “Laos”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaos/ [ˈla.os]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aos
• Syllabification: La‧os

Proper noun

Laos ?

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• laosiano

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Laos n (genitive Laos)

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• laotier
• laotisk
• laotiska

References

• Laos in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• Olas, sola

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Laos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔos/ [ˈlaː.ʔos]
• Rhymes: -aʔos
• Syllabification: La‧os

Proper noun

Laos (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜂᜐ᜔)

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Coordinate terms

countries in Asia (Latin script): mga bansa sa Asya (appendix)edit

• Apganistan
• Armenya ~ Armenia
• Aserbayan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Biyetnam
• Brunei ~ Brunay
• Ehipto
• Emiratos Arabes Unidos
• Hapon
• Heorhiya
• Hilagang Korea
• Indiya
• Indonesya ~ Indonesia
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Jordan
• Kambodya
• Kazakhstan
• Kirgistan
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libano, Lebanon
• Malasya, Malaysia
• Maldibas, Maldives
• Mongolya ~ Mongolia
• Myanmar, Birmanya
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestina
• Pilipinas
• Qatar
• Rusya
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapura
• Sirya ~ Siria
• Sri Lanka
• Tayikistan ~ Tajikistan
• Taylandiya
• Taywan
• Timog Korea
• Timor-Leste, Silangang Timor
• Tsina
• Tsipre
• Turkiya
• Turkmenistan
• Usbekistan
• Yemen

Anagrams

• salo, also, laso

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

Declension of Laos

	singular	plural
nominative	Laos	-
definite accusative	Laos'u	-
dative	Laos'a	-
locative	Laos'ta	-
ablative	Laos'tan	-
genitive	Laos'un	-

Possessive forms of Laos

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Laos'um	Laoslarım Laos'larım
senin (your)	Laos'un	Laosların Laos'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Laos'u	Laosları Laos'ları
bizim (our)	Laos'umuz	Laoslarımız Laos'larımız
sizin (your)	Laos'unuz	Laoslarınız Laos'larınız
onların (their)	Laos'u Laosları Laos'ları	Laosları Laos'ları

See also

countries in Asia: Asya ülkesi (appendix)edit

• Afganistan
• Azerbaycan
• Bahreyn
• Bangladeş
• Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri
• Bruney
• Butan
• Çin
• Doğu Timor
• Endonezya
• Ermenistan
• Filipinler
• Filistin
• Güney Kore
• Gürcistan
• Hindistan
• Irak
• İran
• İsrail
• Japonya
• Kamboçya
• Katar
• Kazakistan
• Kıbrıs
• Kırgızistan
• Kuveyt
• Kuzey Kore
• Laos
• Lübnan
• Maldivler
• Malezya
• Mısır
• Moğolistan
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Özbekistan
• Pakistan
• Rusya
• Singapur
• Sri Lanka
• Suriye
• Suudi Arabistan
• Tacikistan
• Tayland
• Tayvan
• Türkiye
• Türkmenistan
• Umman
• Ürdün
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Turkmen

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

Declension of Laos

	singular only
nominative	Laos
accusative	Laosy
genitive	Laosuň
dative	Laosa
locative	Laosda
ablative	Laosdan

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɔs/

Proper noun

Laos f (not mutable)

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• Laosaidd (“Laotian”, adjective)
• Laoseg (“Lao language”)
• Laosiad (“Laotian”, noun)

See also

countries in Asia: gwledydd Asia (appendix)edit

• Affganistan
• Armenia
• Aserbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Bahrain
• Bhwtan
• Brwnei
• Cambodia
• Casachstan
• Catar
• Cirgistan
• Coweit
• Cyprus
• De Corea
• Dwyrain Timor
• Fietnam
• Georgia
• Gogledd Corea
• Gwlad Tai
• Gwlad yr Iorddonen
• Iemen
• India
• Indonesia
• Irac
• Iran
• Israel
• Japan
• Laos
• Libanus
• Maldives
• Maleisia
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pacistan
• Palesteina
• Rwsia
• Sawdi Arabia
• Singapôr
• Sri Lanca
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajicistan
• Tsieina
• Twrci
• Tyrcmenistan
• Wsbecistan
• y Philipinau
• yr Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig

References

• Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN