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chilips

chilips is the plural of chilip.

Meaning of chilip

Noun

chilip (plural chilips)

  1. (colloquial) A foreigner, especially a Westerner; someone from outside Bhutan or the broader Tibetan cultural sphere.
    • Tshomo, a young herdswoman from Laya who lives with her herd of yaks on a lonely mountain pasture, hears his cries, saves the chilip, and soon takes him under her wing in every sense of the word.2017 February 13, Martin Uitz, Hidden Bhutan: Entering the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon, Haus Publishing, →ISBN, page 71

Questions about chilips

What is chilips the plural of?
Chilips is the plural of chilip.

Words near chilips in the dictionary

  1. chiliogramme
  2. chiliogrammes
  3. chiliometre
  4. chiliometres
  5. chilip
  6. chilips
  7. chilis
  8. Chilisso
  9. chiliweke
  10. chiliwekes
  11. Chilkat

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