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La-sa

La-sa is the alternative form of Lasa.

Meaning of Lasa

Proper noun

Lasa

  1. Synonym of Lhasa (capital city of Tibet): the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • The head of the Buddhist religion for the Mongols is Dalai Lama who dwells in Lasa, Tibet. They believe that whatever comes from Tibet is holy and the Tibetan priests take full advantage of this faith of the Mongol people to enrich themselves. The Mongols in great caravans make pilgrimages to this...1940, “The Mongolia Field”, in O. C. Grauer, editor, Fifty Wonderful Years: Missionary Service in Foreign Lands, Chicago: Scandinavian Alliance Mission, →OCLC, page 236
    Synonyms:
    Lhasa

Origin of La-sa

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 拉薩 /拉萨 (Lāsà).

Questions about La-sa

What is La-sa the alternative form of?
La-sa is the alternative form of Lasa.

Words near La-sa in the dictionary

  1. la-la-ed
  2. la-la-ing
  3. la-la-land
  4. la-la-s
  5. la-las
  6. La-sa
  7. la.
  8. LAA
  9. laaarge
  10. laab
  11. laabs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: La-sa (page history and authors); Lasa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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