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Lhasa   /lˈɑsə/   Listen
noun
Lhasa  n.  
1.
The capital city of Tibet; it is the sacred city of Lamaism.
Synonyms: Lassa, Lasa, capital of Tibet.
2.
A breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs; also called Lhasa apso.
Synonyms: Lhasa apso.





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"Lhasa" Quotes from Famous Books



... to him, during a Cambridge visit, by Charles Lloyd, and afterwards told Crabb Robinson that he was the most "wonderful man" he ever met. An account of Manning will be found in the memoir prefixed to his "Journey to Lhasa," in 1811-12. (George Bogle and Thomas Manning's Journey to Thibet and ...
— The Best Letters of Charles Lamb • Charles Lamb
... owing to erosion and corresponding accretions. The second river in the province in point of size is the Salween, a huge river, believed from the volume of its waters to rise in the Tibetan mountains to the north of Lhasa. It is in all probability actually longer than the Irrawaddy, but it is not to be compared to that river in importance. It is, in fact, walled in on either side, with banks varying in British territory from 3000 to 6000 ft. high and at present unnavigable owing to serious ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 - "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" • Various


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