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Tibetan
Etymology
ཉི (nyi, “sun”) + བརྟེན (brten, “support, lean, flanked by”). Often interpreted as "facing the sun", compare Chinese 朝陽 / 朝阳 (Cháoyáng).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
ཉི་བརྟེན • (nyi brten)
- Nyidên / Yading, a nature reserve in Daocheng County, in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.
Descendants
- → Chinese: 亞丁 / 亚丁 (Yàdīng)
References
- ^ “Daocheng Yading: Holy mountains where snow never melts”, in CGTN News, 2019