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gompa

gompa noun: a Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan.

Noun

gompa (plural gompas)

  1. A Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan.
    • And when finally I got to the end of the five-hour drive over the highest motorable pass in the world, it was to learn that the gompa in Hunder was closed.2009 March 13, Pico Iyer, “Heaven’s Gate”, in New York Times

Forms of gompa

pluralgompas

Origin of gompa

Borrowed from Tibetan དགོན་པ (dgon pa).

Questions about gompa

What does gompa mean?
Gompa means a Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan.
What part of speech is gompa?
Gompa is a noun.
What is the plural of gompa?
The plural of gompa is gompas.

Words near gompa in the dictionary

  1. Gomorrite
  2. Gomorrites
  3. gomortegaceous
  4. Gomory's theorem
  5. gomos
  6. gompa
  7. gompas
  8. Gompers
  9. Gomperses
  10. Gompertz
  11. Gompertz curve

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