Kham

//kʌm// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    One of the three traditional regions of Tibet, covering a land area largely divided between eastern parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region, western parts of Sichuan, and smaller parts of Qinghai and Yunnan.

    "In the summer of 1956, Chinese troops bombed a large monastery in the eastern Kham region. The Chinese had begun to destroy the religious and cultural artifacts of Tibet."

  2. 2
    A surname from Lao.

Example

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"In the summer of 1956, Chinese troops bombed a large monastery in the eastern Kham region. The Chinese had begun to destroy the religious and cultural artifacts of Tibet."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tibetan ཁམས (khams).

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Lao ຄຳ (kham).

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