Lhasa

English

Alternative forms

• Lasa

Etymology

From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːsə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːsə

Proper noun

Lhasa

1. Capital of Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China.
   • 2007 December 10, Hildegard Diemberger, When a Woman Becomes a Religious Dynasty: The Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet‎^[1], Columbia University Press, →ISBN, 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.

Translations

Capital of Xizang (Tibet)

• Arabic: لَاسَا f (lāsā)
• Belarusian: Лхаса f (Lxasa)
• Buryat: Һаса (Hasa)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 拉薩／拉萨 (laai¹ saat³), 拉萨 (laai¹ saat³)

  Mandarin: 拉薩／拉萨 (zh) (Lāsà), 拉萨 (zh) (Lāsà)

• Czech: Lhasa (cs) f
• Dzongkha: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: Lasao
• Finnish: Lhasa
• French: Lhassa (fr)
• Georgian: ლჰასა (lhasa)
• German: Lhasa
• Greek: Λάσα (el) (Lása)
• Hindi: ल्हासा (hi) (lhāsā)
• Hungarian: Lhásza (hu)
• Irish: Lása m
• Japanese: ラサ (Rasa)
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• Kashmiri: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 라싸 (ko) (Rassa)
• Marathi: ल्हासा (lhāsā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Лхас (Lxas)

  Mongolian: ᡀᠠᠰᠠ (lhasa)

• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Oriya: ଲାସା (or) (lasa)
• Portuguese: Lassa
• Russian: Лха́са (ru) f (Lxása), Ла́са (ru) f (Lása)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ласа f

  Roman: Lasa f

• Slovak: Lhasa f
• Spanish: Lhasa (es)
• Thai: ลาซา (laasaa)
• Tibetan: ལྷ་ས (lha sa)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: لخاسا (lxasa)
• Vietnamese: Lhasa
• Zhuang: Lahsaz

References

• Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo fen sheng dituji (Hanyu Pinyin ban) (Atlas of the People's Republic of China (Hanyu Pinyin edition)

Anagrams

• Lasha, Salah, salah, shala

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Czech

Proper noun

Lhasa f

1. Lhasa

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German

Noun

Lhasa n (proper noun, strong, genitive Lhasas)

1. capital city of Tibet; Lhasa

Further reading

• “Lhasa” in Duden online

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Lhasa f

1. Alternative form of Lassa

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Spanish

Proper noun

Lhasa ?

1. Lhasa (capital of Xizang (Tibet))