Lao Submitted Place Names

Afalik ອາຟະລິກ (Region) Lao
Lao form of Africa via the French form Afrique.

Angkala ອັງກາລາ (Settlement) Lao
Lao form of Ankara.

Apfakanitsathan ອັບຟາການິດສະຖານ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Afghanistan.

Asi ອາຊີ (Region) Lao, Wolof
Lao and Wolof form of Asia.

Attapeu ອັດຕະປື (Political Subdivision) Lao
From Lao ອິດກະບຸເອັ (idkabue) meaning "buffaloes".

Attapeu ອັດຕະປື (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Lao
From a French corruption of the name Idkabue meaning "buffalo droppings", so named for the many wild buffaloes that roamed the area. This is the name of a province of, as well as a city in, Laos.

Berut ເບຣຸດ (Settlement) Thai, Lao
Thai and Lao form of Beirut.

Berut ເບຣຸດ (Settlement) Burmese, Lao, Thai
Burmese, Lao and Thai form of Beirut.

Boelin ເບີລິນ (Settlement) Thai, Lao
Thai and Lao form of Berlin.

Bokeo ບໍ່ແກ້ວ (Political Subdivision) Lao
Means "gem mine" in Lao.

Boliwi ໂບລີວີ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Bolivia via the French form Bolivie.

Borikhamxay ບໍລິຄໍາໄຊ (Political Subdivision) Lao

Bunai ບຣູໄນ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Brunei.

Chakata ຈາກາຕາ (Settlement) Khmer, Lao, Thai
Khmer, Lao and Thai form of Jakarta.

Champa ຈຳປາ (Country) Cham, Khmer, Lao, English
From Vietnamese Chăm Pa ultimately derived from Sanskrit चम्पक (champaka) referring to a type of flowering tree (genus Magnolia). This is the name of a collection of ancient kingdoms that existed between the 2nd and 17th centuries in what is now central and southern Vietnam.

Champasak ຈຳປາສັກ (Political Subdivision) Lao

Danmak ດານມາກ (Country) Haitian Creole, Lao
Haitian Creole and Lao form of Denmark.

Deli ເດລີ (Settlement) Armenian, Belarusian, Burmese, Chinese, Georgian, Kazakh, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lao, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Form of Delhi used in numerous languages.

Ekot ເອກົດ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Scotland via the French form Écosse.

Fichi ຟີຈິ (Country) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Fiji.

Filippin ຟີລິບປິນ (Country) Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Lao, Mongolian, Tajik, Thai, Uzbek
Form of Philippines used in various languages.

Himalai ຫິມະໄລ (Mountain) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Lao, Macedonian, Thai
Form of Himalaya used in multiple languages.

Hondurat ຮອນດູຣັສ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Honduras.

Hongkong ຮົງກົງ (Island, Settlement & Political Subdivision) Afrikaans, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Thai
Form of Hong Kong used in various languages.

Houaphanh ຫົວພັນ (Political Subdivision) Lao

Iaklang ອຽກລັງ (Country & Island) Lao
Lao form of Ireland via the French form Irlande.

Isan ອີສານ (Region) Thai, Lao
Means "northeast" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit ईशान्य (ishanya). This is the name of a region in northeastern Thailand consisting of 20 provinces.

Isan ອີສານ (Region) Thai, Isan, Lao
Means "northeast" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit ईशान्य (ishanya). This is the name of a region in northeastern Thailand consisting of 20 provinces.

Itsalang ອິດສະລັງ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Iceland via the French form Islande.

Kampuchia ກຳປູເຈຍ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Kampuchea (see Cambodia).

Kaoli ເກົາຫຼີ (Country) Lao, Thai
Derived from Chinese 高丽 (Gāolí) referring to the ancient kingdom of Goryeo. This is the Lao and Thai name for Korea.

Kasaksathan ກາຊັກສະຖານ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Kazakhstan.

Kata ກາຕາ (Country) Burmese, Khmer, Lao, Thai
Burmese, Khmer, Lao and Thai form of Qatar.

Kek ເກຣັກ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Greece via the French form Grèce.

Khammouane ຄໍາມ່ວນ (Political Subdivision) Lao

Khammouane ຄຳມ່ວນ (Political Subdivision) Lao
From Lao ຄຳ (kham) meaning "gold" and ມ່ວນ (mouane) meaning "happy, joyous". This is the name of a province in Laos.

Khoesia ໂຄຣເອເຊຍ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Croatia.

Khongkha ຄົງຄາ (River) Thai, Lao
Thai and Lao form of Ganges.

Kuatemala ກົວເຕມາລາ (Country) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Guatemala.

Libang ລີບັງ (Country) Khmer, Lao
Khmer and Lao form of Lebanon via the French form Liban.

Libia ລີເບຍ (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Georgian, Italian, Lao, Polish, Spanish, Thai
Form of Libya.

Lima ລິມາ (Settlement) Spanish, Aymara, English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
Most likely a corruption of Rímac, the name of a river, itself derived from Quechua rimaq meaning "speaker, talker" (ultimately from rimay meaning "to speak")... [more]

Luang Namtha ຫລວງນໍ້າທາ (Political Subdivision) Lao
Means "royal sugar palm" or "royal green river" in Lao.

Luang Prabang ຫລວງພະບາງ (Political Subdivision) Lao
Means "royal Buddha image" in Lao.

Mae Nam Khong ແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ (River) Thai, Lao
Thai and Lao form of Mekong.

Male ມາເລ (Settlement) Dhivehi, Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Georgian, Greek, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Tajik, Thai, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
Dhivehi form of Malé as well as the form used in various other languages.

Mali ມາລີ (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From the name of the Mali Empire, which was derived from Mandinka or Bambara mali meaning "hippopotamus" or "the place where the king lives". This is the name of a landlocked country in West Africa.

Mianma ມຽນມາ (Country) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Myanmar.

Monako ໂມນາໂກ (Country & Settlement) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek
Form of Monaco.

Mongkoli ມົງໂກລີ (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Lao
Lao form of Mongolia.

Nauru ນາອູຣູ (Country & Island) English, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Possibly derived from Nauruan anáoero meaning "I go to the beach". This is the name of an island country in Oceania.

Nepan ເນປານ (Country) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Nepal.

Nyipun ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Japan via Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún).

Oelop ເອີລົບ (Region) Lao
Lao form of Europe.

Oerop ເອີຣົບ (Region) Lao
Variant spelling of Oelop.

Otsatrali ອົດສະຕຣາລີ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Australia.

Oudomxay ອຸດົມໄຊ (Political Subdivision) Lao

Pakitsathan ປາກິດສະຖານ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Pakistan.

Pakking ປັກກິງ (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Beijing.

Pakse ປາກເຊ (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Means "mouth of the river" from Lao ປາກ (pak) meaning "mouth" and ເຊ (se) meaning "river". This is the name of a city in Laos.

Pali ປາລີ (Settlement) Lao
Lao form of Paris.

Phama ພະມ້າ (Country) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Burma.

Phanompen ພະນົມເປັນ (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Phnom Penh.

Phongsaly ຜົ້ງສາລີ (Political Subdivision) Lao

Phuthan ພູຖານ (Country) Lao, Thai
Lao form of Bhutan as well as an alternate transcription of Thai ภูฏาน (see Phutan).

Saekbi ແຊກບີ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Serbia via the French form Serbie.

Sainyabuli ສະິນຢະບຸລິ (Political Subdivision) Lao
From Sanskrit सेन (sena) meaning "army" and पुरि (puri) meaning "city".

Salavan ສາລະວັນ (Political Subdivision) Lao

Salowaki ສະໂລວາກີ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Slovakia via the French form Slovaquie.

Saloweni ສະໂລເວນີ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Slovenia.

Sana ຊານາ (Settlement) Albanian, Amharic, Belarusian, Bengali, Chinese, Croatian, Georgian, Hindi, Icelandic, Japanese, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Form of Sanaa used in numerous languages. It can also be an alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji サナア (see Sanā).

Savannakhet ສະຫວັນນະເຂດ (Political Subdivision) Lao
From Lao ສະຫວັນຮນະໂຂເນະ (savanh nakhone) meaning "heavenly district".

Sekong ເຊກອງ (Political Subdivision) Lao

Sianghai ຊຽງໄຮ້ (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Shanghai.

Siang Taeng ຊຽງແຕງ (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Lao
Lao form of Stung Treng.

Silangka ສີລັງກາ (Country) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Sri Lanka.

Singkapo ສິງກະໂປ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Singapore.

Sipsongphanna ສິບສອງພັນນາ (Political Subdivision) Lao
Lao form of Xishuangbanna.

Sol ໂຊລ (Settlement) Lao, Sinhalese, Thai
Lao, Sinhala and Thai form of Seoul.

Tokiau ໂຕກຽວ (Settlement) Lao
Lao form of Tokyo.

Tuakki ຕວກກີ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Turkey.

Wanuatu ວານູອາຕູ (Country) Hawaiian, Lao, Thai, Turkmen
Hawaiian, Lao, Thai and Turkmen form of Vanuatu.

Wiangchan ວຽງຈັນ (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Vientiane.

Wianna ວຽນນາ (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Vienna.

Wiatnam ຫວຽດນາມ (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Vietnam.

Xaisomboun ໄຊສົມບູນ (Political Subdivision) Lao

Xiangkhouang ຊຽງຂວາງ (Political Subdivision) Lao
Means "horizontal city" in Lao.

Yangkung ຢ່າງກຸ້ງ (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Yangon.

Yerewan ເຢເຣວານ (Settlement) Lao, Thai
Lao and Thai form of Yerevan.

Yerusalem ເຢຣູຊາເລັມ (Settlement) Indonesian, Lao, Malay, Thai
Indonesian, Lao, Malay and Thai form of Jerusalem.

Yialaman ເຢຍລະມັນ (Country) Lao
Lao form of Germany.