Lhasa

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See also: Lhâsâ

English

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Etymology

From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa), from Old Tibetan ར་ས (ra sa).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lhasa

  1. The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
    • 1905, Perceval Landon, The Opening of Tibet: An Account of Lhasa and the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission Sent There by the English Government in the Year 1903-4, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., page 3:
      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.
    • 2021 June 5, “Fast track to the throne”, in The Economist, volume 439, number 9248, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 36:
      The 37bn-yuan ($5.7bn) track extends from the region’s capital Lhasa eastward to the city of Nyingchi, which is Tibetan for “Throne of the Sun”.
    • 2021 July 23, “China: Xi visits Tibet for the first time as president”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 23 July 2021, News‎:
      The most notable stop on the president's itinerary was the Lhasa, the Tibetan city that was once home of the Dalai Lama.
      Xi visited the public square in front of the Potala Palace, the traditional seat of the Dalai Lama's power. Tibet's religious leader has been living in exile since 1959 following a failed uprising against the Chinese rule. While in Lhasa, Xi visited a monastery and "inspected ethnic religion" and Tibetan cultural heritage protection,
    • 2022 September 30, “How China uses zero-Covid policy to crack down on Tibetans”, in France 24, archived from the original on 30 September 2022:
      There has been a widespread outcry from the residents of Lhasa, the capital of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet, about how local authorities are managing a Covid-19 lockdown, instated on August 9.
    • 2023 August 4, Jesus Centeno, “Tibet prays under the Chinese flag”, in EFE, archived from the original on August 06, 2023:
      Prayers are a part of daily life in Tibet, and in counties such as Nyemo, on the outskirts of Lhasa, its inhabitants try to make a living by making incense to be used in temples.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lhasa.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Lhasa”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1048, column 3:Lhasa (läʹsu̇, lǎʹsu̇)

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Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lhasa f (relational adjective lhaský)

  1. Lhasa (the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)

Declension

German

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Proper noun

Lhasa n (proper noun, genitive Lhasas or (optionally with an article) Lhasa)

  1. Lhasa (the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)

Further reading

  • Lhasa” in Duden online

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa), from Old Tibetan ར་ས (ra sa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.sa/
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  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: Lha‧sa

Proper noun

Lhasa f

  1. Lhasa (the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)

Declension

Further reading

  • Lhasa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Lhasa f

  1. alternative form of Lassa

Usage notes

The pronunciation with /ʎ/ is influenced by the spelling of lh.

Derived terms

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlasa/
  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: Lha‧sa

Proper noun

Lhasa ?

  1. Lhasa (the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)