རྒྱ་ནག

Tibetan

Etymology

རྒྱ (rgya, “extent, size; country, empire”) +‎ ནག (nag, “black”), literally "the black expanse; the black empire".

Proper noun

1. China; in particular, regions populated by Han Chinese

Synonyms

• ཀྲུང་གོ (krung go)

See also

• རྒྱ་གར (rgya gar), རྒྱ་དཀར (rgya dkar, “India, 'white empire'”)