1. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949
   - Lao People's Democratic Republic

1. A member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais
   - Laotian 
2. The Tai language of a Buddhist people living in the area of the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos

See also: Laotian

Type of: Asian, Asian country, Asian nation, Asiatic, Tai

Part of: ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Indochina, Indochinese peninsula

Encyclopedia: Lao Lao, Togo

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