laos Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949
    Lao People's Democratic Republic.
  2. noun 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
    Lao; Laotian.
  3. noun the Tai language of a Buddhist people living in the area of the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos
    Lao.

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