tibet
see also: Tibet
Noun
Tibet
Pronunciation Proper noun
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003
see also: Tibet
Noun
tibet (plural tibets)
- (archaic) A woolen fabric generally printed in colours; a heavy fabric used for the same purposes as furs, made of goat hair, black and finely curled.
- 1920, Special Agents Series (issue 194, page 59)
- The chief demand in men's-wear fabrics is for combed and milled fabrics such as worsteds, kerseys, tibets, meltons, etc.
- 1920, Special Agents Series (issue 194, page 59)
Tibet
Pronunciation Proper noun
- The Tibetan Plateau, a plateau region in Central Asia, where the Tibetan people traditionally live, encompassing what is now Tibet Autonomous Region (also called Xizang), most of Qinghai, the western half of Sichuan, a small part of Yunnan and a small part of Gansu in the People's Republic of China, and also the country of Bhutan, and the Indian regions of Sikkim and Ladakh.
- Synonyms: Tibetan Plateau, Tibet Plateau
- An independent kingdom that formerly existed in Central Asia where the Tibet Autonomous Region now is.
- Synonyms: The Hermit Kingdom, Hermit Kingdom
- A common shorthand name for Tibet Autonomous Region, previously mostly coterminous with the independent portion of Tibet until 1950.
- Synonyms: Tibet Autonomous Region, Xizang
- Portuguese: Tibete
- Russian: Сицза́н
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003