Lhotshampa

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dzongkha ལྷོ་མཚམས་པ (lho mtshams pa, literally “southern borderlander”).

Noun

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Lhotshampa (plural Lhotshampas or Lhotshampa)

  1. A member of a heterogeneous Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent, native to southern Bhutan.

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