Lhasa
/ˈlɑːsə/ name
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 a breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
"The earliest historical relic of the Tibetans—like that of many, perhaps of most, other races—is a weather-beaten stone, the Do-ring. It stands in the center of Lhasa, across the courtyard in front of the western doors of the Cathedral or Jokang, beneath the famous willow-tree."
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More examples"My dream is to study Tibetan in Lhasa."
Etymology
From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa), from Old Tibetan ར་ས (ra sa).