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gompas

gompas is the plural of gompa.

Meaning of gompa

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

Questions about gompas

What is gompas the plural of?
Gompas is the plural of gompa.

Words near gompas in the dictionary

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

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