Bhutan

//buːˈtɑːn// name

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  1. 1
    A country in South Asia, in the Himalayas. Official name: Kingdom of Bhutan. Capital: Thimphu.

    "INDIA BEYOND THE GANGES, is a country bounded by Thibet and Boutan on the north ; by China, Tonquin, and Cochin China on the eaſt ; by the Indian Ocean on the ſouth ; and by the hither India , the bay of Bengal, and the Straits of Malacca on the weſt:[…]"

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kingdom of bhutan

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"China shares borders with Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mongolia and Russia."

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bhoutan, from Nepali भुटान (bhuṭān), from Prakrit 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 (bhŏṭṭaṃta, “Tibet”, literally “end of Tibet”); probably ultimately from Tibetan བོད (bod, “Tibet”) + Sanskrit अन्त (anta, “end”). Traditionally considered to be derived via Sanskrit भोटान्त (bhoṭānta), but that word is probably a Prakritism.

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