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Dalai Lamas

Dalai Lamas is the plural of Dalai Lama.

Meaning of Dalai Lama

Noun

Dalai Lama (plural Dalai Lamas)

  1. (Tibetan) The supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, believed to be an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, and considered the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.
    • Of the Mongall Tartars.
      The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignifies the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China. From this wall they ſtretch themſelves northward as far as the river Amoor; and from the Amoor...[1767, Annual register, or a view of the history and politics and literature for the year, page 38, column 2

Questions about Dalai Lamas

What is Dalai Lamas the plural of?
Dalai Lamas is the plural of Dalai Lama.

Words near Dalai Lamas in the dictionary

  1. dalaga
  2. dalagas
  3. Dalaguete
  4. Dalahican
  5. Dalai Lama
  6. Dalai Lamas
  7. Dalai-Lamaism
  8. Dalakit
  9. dalal
  10. Dalal Street
  11. dalals

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