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- proper noun A country in
Southeast Asia (official name). Usually calledLaos .
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Examples
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Unfortunately, the fighting in the Hmong home country of Laos didn't end when it was supposed to, in 1975, when their old Vietnam-era opponents -- Laotian quasi-communists -- took control over what is officially known as the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Roger Warner: The Weirdest Terrorism Court Case in America 2009
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He has, however, made a breakthrough by newly exchanging military attachés with the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Roger Warner: The Underperformers: How Key U.S. Officials Have Shaped a Tribal Crisis 2009
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The country involved is Vietnam's next-door neighbor, landlocked, mountainous Laos, now officially known as the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
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His band of "jungle" Hmong only fought to defend themselves from the soldiers of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
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The country involved is Vietnam\'s next-door neighbor, landlocked, mountainous Laos, now officially known as the Lao People\'s Democratic Republic.
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Laosconventional long form: Lao People's Democratic Republic conventional short form: Laos local long form: Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao local short form: none
Country name 2008
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Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 68.7% male: 77% female: 60.9% (2001 est.) GovernmentCountry name: conventional long form: Lao People's Democratic Republic conventional short form: Laos local long form: Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao local short form: none
Laos 2008
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On August 23, the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (the merchants of Marxism employ the term -people's" with a veracity every bit as sincere as 'vine ripe" and -farm fresh-), declared itself the ruling party of the newly formed Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Villa Incognito Robbins, Tom 2003
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Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR) became the official name of the country.
Early 1970s 2001
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The president intends to nominate Douglas Allen Hartworth (ph) to be ambassador of the United States to the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
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