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

1. The Tai language of a Buddhist people living in the area of the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos
   - Lao language
    
2. 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

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

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

Encyclopedia: Laos