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Golog

Golog proper noun: a Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Qinghai, China.

Proper noun

Golog

  1. A Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Qinghai, China.
    • 41 year-old Thupten from Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture confirmed this threat of punishment. “The people in my area were very discontent when an election was announced. We knew that the candidates selected had already been carefully vetted by higher Chinese officials, and that our ‘voting’ was...2000 September, “Corrupt and Farcical Elections”, in Racial Discrimination in Tibet, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, →OCLC, page 116
    • The February 1982 National Geographic listed a figure of between 80,000 and 90,000 Gologs, living in six counties of the remote Golog Tibetan Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China. A total of 100,343 people lived in the Golog Prefecture in 1953, but by 1964 the population had diminished to only...2004, Paul Hattaway, Peoples of the Buddhist World: A Christian Prayer Diary, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 65

Examples of Golog in a sentence

  • 41 year-old Thupten from Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture confirmed this threat of punishment.2000 September, “Corrupt and Farcical Elections”, in Racial Discrimination in Tibet, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, →OCLC...
  • The February 1982 National Geographic listed a figure of between 80,000 and 90,000 Gologs, living in six counties of the remote Golog Tibetan Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China.2004, Paul Hattaway, Peoples of the Buddhist World: A Christian Prayer Diary, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 65:
  • The attack involved monks from the Ragya Monastery in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Golog in Qinghai Province.2009 March 22, David Barboza, “Tibet Protesters Are Held in China After Riot”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York...

Origin of Golog

From Tibetan མགོ་ལོག་་ (mgo log).

Questions about Golog

What does Golog mean?
Golog means a Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Qinghai, China.
How do you use Golog in a sentence?
41 year-old Thupten from Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture confirmed this threat of punishment.
What part of speech is Golog?
Golog is a proper noun.

Words near Golog in the dictionary

  1. Golob
  2. Golobs
  3. Golodomor
  4. goloe-shoe
  5. goloe-shoes
  6. Golog
  7. Goloiad
  8. Golojad
  9. golok
  10. Goloka
  11. goloks

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