Lhasa
See also: Lhâsâ
English
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Lhasa
- The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
- [1890 October, “The Literature of Tibet”, in Edinburgh Review[2], volume CCCLII, page 390:
- Tibetan literature is chiefly Buddhistic, but not wholly so. The capital of Tibet, Lhásá ('the seat of the gods'), is indeed the Rome of Buddhism, and in no other country does that religion attract higher patronage, and nowhere else is its philosophy more ardently studied. Nevertheless, the whole of the inhabitants are not Buddhists.]
- 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[3], 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.
- 1983 October 10, “Crime Wave Sweeps Communist Mainland”, in Free China Weekly[4], volume XXIV, number 40, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
- A group of Western reporters visiting Lhasa early last August found widespread evidence of Tibetan dissent and hatred of the Communist Chinese, who invaded and conquered Tibet in 1951.
- 1992, Richard Nixon, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment[5], Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 180:
- The outrage over the brutal killings of peaceful demonstrators in Lhasa in March 1989 quickly faded after the massacres in Beijing in June. While there is a limit to what we can do, we should do more than we have done.
- 2007 December 10, Hildegard Diemberger, When a Woman Becomes a Religious Dynasty: The Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet[6], Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 229:
- The Magnificent Lady said, “Without relying on means and wisdom together, no enlightment is possible, but if both means and wisdom come together, enlightment can be achieved.” She said that she wanted to continue the journey to Lhasa.
- 2021 June 5, “Fast track to the throne”, in The Economist[7], 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”.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lhasa.
Translations
Capital of Tibet
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References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Lhasa”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1048, column 3: “Lhasa (läʹsu̇, lǎʹsu̇)”
Further reading
- Lhasa in Encyclopædia Britannica
- “Lhasa, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Lhasa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo fen sheng dituji (Hanyu Pinyin ban) (Atlas of the People's Republic of China (Hanyu Pinyin edition)
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Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lhasa f
- Lhasa (the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)
German
Proper noun
Lhasa n (proper noun, genitive Lhasas or (optionally with an article) Lhasa)
- Lhasa (the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)
Further reading
- “Lhasa” in Duden online
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lhasa f
- Lhasa (the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)
Declension
Declension of Lhasa
Further reading
- Lhasa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Lhasa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Proper noun
Lhasa f
- Alternative form of Lassa
Spanish
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Lhasa ?
- Lhasa (the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)
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