Jih-k'a-tse

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 日喀則／日喀则 Wade–Giles romanization: Jih⁴-kʻa¹-tsê².

Proper noun

Jih-k'a-tse

1. Alternative form of Rikaze (Shigatse)
   • 1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, “Tibet”, in Christopher L. Salter, editor, Atlas of China‎^[2], McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 198:

     Jih-k’a-tse, Tibet’s second largest city, is located on the Brahmaputra southwest of Lhasa, in Tibet’s major grain-producing area, with highland barley as the major grain.

   • 1995, Explorers & Discoverers‎^[3], volume 2, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 753:

     The cousins separated, and Nain Singh joined a caravan posing as a merchant. This time he crossed the border successfully. Singh eventually entered Jih-k’a-tse, the second-largest city in Tibet. It was in Jih-k’a-tse that he was summoned to meet the country’s second-highest religious authority, the Panchen Lama, who turned out to be only 11 years old.

   • 2000, Gerald F. Hall, “The Nain Singh Expeditions Describe Tibet”, in Neil Schlager, Josh Lauer, editors, Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery‎^[4], volume 5, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 48:

     Nain joined a caravan and posed as a merchant and was able to get through to Jih-k’a-tse, the second largest city in Tibet.

Translations

Rikaze — see Shigatse

Further reading

• “Jih-k’a-tse”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.