tibet
IPA: tʌbˈɛt
Root Word: Tibet
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 People's Republic of China, and also the country of Bhutan, and the Indian regions of Sikkim and Ladakh.
- A mountainous country in Central Asia annexed by China.
- An autonomous region of China. Official name: Tibet Autonomous Region. Capital: Lhasa.
- (archaic) A woolen fabric generally printed in colours; a heavy fabric used for the same purposes as furs, made of goat hair, black and finely curled.
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Examples of "tibet" in Sentences
- Positions on the status of Tibet.
- Tibet and History of Tibet are both too big.
- Collaborates with the security forces in Tibet.
- However, greater tibet refers to cultural tibet.
- What is the basis of the Chinese' takeover of Tibet
- A Khata is a traditional ceremonious scarf given in Tibet.
- There are numerous museums about Tibet that are not in Tibet.
- Because of the unrest in Tibet, the Tibet editors are swamped.
- At the end of 1912, the first postage stamps of Tibet were edited.
- But this didn't prevent him taking an unyielding line on the Tibet issue.
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