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Chamdo

Chamdo proper noun: a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Proper noun

Chamdo

  1. A prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
    • Chamdo is the capital of the province of Kham, and was heretofore fortified, but the walls had fallen to decay.1852, Henry T. Prinsep, Tibet, Tartary, and Mongolia, 2nd edition, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →OCLC, page 133
    • Haste would have been undignified for a Tibetan government official whatever his mission, and in any case the rough track that passed for the main street of Chamdo was heavily iced.1957, Robert Ford, Wind Between the Worlds, Berkeley: Snow Lion Graphics, published 1987, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 4

Examples of Chamdo in a sentence

  • According to the reports, which could not be independently verified, Tenzin Phuntsog, 46, formerly of the Karma monastery in the town of Chamdo, ignited himself near the monastery.2011 December 2, Keith Richburg, “A 12th self-immolation, first in Tibet proper, poses test for China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN...
  • In eastern Tibet’s Chamdo district, where some of the earliest military-style training programs emerged, state media images from 2016 show laborers lining up in drill formation in military fatigues.2020 September 22, Cate Cadell, “Exclusive: China sharply expands mass labor program in Tibet”, in Janet McBride, editor, Reuters, archived...

Forms of Chamdo

alternative formQamdo

Origin of Chamdo

From Tibetan ཆབ་མདོ (chab mdo).

Questions about Chamdo

What does Chamdo mean?
Chamdo means a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
How do you use Chamdo in a sentence?
According to the reports, which could not be independently verified, Tenzin Phuntsog, 46, formerly of the Karma monastery in the town of Chamdo, ignited himself near the monastery.
What part of speech is Chamdo?
Chamdo is a proper noun.

Words near Chamdo in the dictionary

  1. chambré
  2. Chambéry
  3. chamcha
  4. chamchagiri
  5. chamchas
  6. Chamdo
  7. chameck
  8. chamecks
  9. chameleon
  10. chameleon cichlid
  11. chameleon mineral

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