Tibet
pronunciation
How to pronounce Tibet in British English:
UK [tɪˈbɛt]
How to pronounce Tibet in American English:
US [təˈbɛt]
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- Noun:
- an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas
Word Origin
- Tibet
- said to be a corruption in Chinese or Arabic of Bod, indigenous name, of unknown origin. As an adjective in English, Tibetian is older (1747) but Tibetan (1822) is now the usual word. With comb. form Tibeto-.
Example
- 1. Foreigners who staged free tibet demonstrations have been deported .
- 2. Most were born in tibet .
- 3. Tibet remains one of the strains .
- 4. This is nepal and tibet .
- 5. Tibet is an autonomous region of china .