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Lao People's Democratic Republic

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Noun1.Lao People's Democratic Republic - a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern AsiaLao People's Democratic Republic - a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949
Laos
ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations - an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism
Indochina, Indochinese peninsula - a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam
capital of Laos, Laotian capital, Vientiane - the capital and largest city of Laos
Mekong, Mekong River - an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea
Lao, Laotian - 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
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