Associations to the word «Tibet»

Pictures for the word «Tibet»

Wiktionary

TIBET, proper noun. The Tibetan Plateau, a plateau region in Central Asia, where the Tibetan people traditionally live, encompassing what is now Tibet Autonomous Region (also called Xizang), most of Qinghai, the western half of Sichuan, a small part of Yunnan and a small part of Gansu in the Peoples Republic of China, and also the country of Bhutan, and the Indian regions of Sikkim and Ladakh.
TIBET, proper noun. An independent kingdom that formerly existed in Central Asia where the Tibet Autonomous Region now is.
TIBET, proper noun. A common shorthand name for Tibet Autonomous Region, previously mostly coterminous with the independent portion of Tibet until 1950.
TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION, proper noun. Xizang Zizhiqu

Dictionary definition

TIBET, noun. An autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas.

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