laos Meaning, Definition & Usage
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       noun a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949
       
       
 Lao People's Democratic Republic.
 
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       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.
 
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       noun the Tai language of a Buddhist people living in the area of the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos
       
       
 Lao.