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Amdo

Syllables: Am·doUK/ˈæmdəʊ/US/ˈɑmdoʊ/

Amdo proper noun: one of the three traditional regions of Tibet, covering a land area largely divided between nearly all of Qinghai, and smaller parts of Gansu and Sichuan, China.

amdo: one of the three traditional regions of Tibet, covering a land area largely divided between nearly...
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Proper noun

Amdo

  1. One of the three traditional regions of Tibet, covering a land area largely divided between nearly all of Qinghai, and smaller parts of Gansu and Sichuan, China.
    • Rgyal-sras is said to have explained to him in a prophetic manner what he was destined to achieve and how he should proceed to Amdo, for the purpose of founding monasteries and temples there, and also for diffusing Buddhism in China.1889, Sarat Chandra Dás, “Life of Sum-pa Khan-po, also styled Yeśos-Dpal-hbyor, the author of the Reḥumig (Chronological Table)”, in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, volume LVIII, number II...
    • For centuries the area of ethnic Tibet was divided into the following: Dbus and Gtsang (comprising central Tibet), Mnga’-ris, Khams, and A-mdo.[…]A-mdo, the northeastern part of ethnic Tibet, passed under Manchu control in 1724 following the suppression of a Mongol revolt against the throne. This...[1972, T. V. W., “TIBET”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 21, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1108, column 2
  2. A county of Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
    • One account of a religious movement organized around spirit-possession and magical practices with millenarian overtones comes from official Chinese sources. A report was distributed among Party officials in 1982 documenting the suppression of the "Heroes of Ling" (gling gi dpa' brtul) movement in...1994, Ronald D. Schwartz, “Conclusion: The Dimensions of Tibetan Nationalism”, in Circle of Protest: Political Ritual in the Tibetan Uprising, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN...
    • Youdon was arrested in her hometown of Tsarang Township, Amdo County in Tibet’s Nagchu region.2022 July 14, Sangyal Kunchok, Nawar Nemeh, “Tibetan Woman Arrested for Dalai Lama Photo”, in Tenzin Dickyi, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2022

Examples of Amdo in a sentence

  • When the new reincarnation of the Dalai Lama was discovered in 1938 in Amdo Province a new reincarnation of the Panchen Lama was found in that same year and in the same province.1979 March 8, “Tibetan Discontent Grows”, in Congressional Record, volume 25, number 4, Washington, D.C.: Government Publishing Office...
  • We heard that there used to be 300 Tibetans, all from the Amdo region of Tibet, who were imprisoned for taking up arms against the Chinese around 1956-57.1981, Tenzin Chodrak, “Seventeen Years in A Chinese Prison”, in SPEARhead, number 11, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
  • The Nhasangs themselves are from Ngaba, which is in the Amdo region of northeastern Tibetan, a cultural borderland where Tibetan and Sichuan traditions meet.2022 November 8, Pete Wells, “Restaurant Review: Why Does This Tibetan Kitchen Also Cook Sichuan Food?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN...
  • "This particular playful tradition is apparently very common in the Amdo region in Tibet where the Dalai Lama is from."2023 April 25, Murali Krishnan, “The Dalai Lama's 'kiss' controversy”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2023...

Origin of Amdo

Borrowed from Tibetan ཨ་མདོ (a mdo).

Phrases with Amdo

Questions about Amdo

What does Amdo mean?
Amdo means one of the three traditional regions of Tibet, covering a land area largely divided between nearly all of Qinghai, and smaller parts of Gansu and Sichuan, China.
How do you use Amdo in a sentence?
When the new reincarnation of the Dalai Lama was discovered in 1938 in Amdo Province a new reincarnation of the Panchen Lama was found in that same year and in the same province.
What part of speech is Amdo?
Amdo is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Amdo?
Amdo is pronounced /ˈæmdəʊ/ (UK).

Words near Amdo in the dictionary

  1. Amdahl's law
  2. Amdahls
  3. Amdang
  4. Amdavad
  5. amdinocillin
  6. Amdo
  7. Amdo Tibetan
  8. amdovirus
  9. amdoviruses
  10. amdoxovir
  11. AMDR

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