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Lhasa apso

US/ˈlɑːsə ˈæpsoʊ/

Lhasa apso noun: a particular breed of dog, Tibetan in origin.

lhasa apso: a particular breed of dog, Tibetan in origin
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Noun

Lhasa apso (plural Lhasa apsos)

  1. A particular breed of dog, Tibetan in origin.

Lhasa apso meaning in Vietnamese

Lhasa apso in Vietnamese

dog
Lhasa apso

Forms of Lhasa apso

pluralLhasa apsos

Origin of Lhasa apso

From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + Tibetan ཨོག་ཚོམ (og tshom) / ཨག་ཚོམ (ag tshom, “goatee, chin-beard”). Alternatively, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + ར་ཕོ (ra pho, “billy goat”) OR from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + འབ་ ('ab, “to bark”) + སོ་ (so, “guard, watchman”).

Questions about Lhasa apso

What does Lhasa apso mean?
Lhasa apso means a particular breed of dog, Tibetan in origin.
What is Lhasa apso in Vietnamese?
Lhasa apso in Vietnamese is Lhasa apso. See Lhasa apso meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is Lhasa apso?
Lhasa apso is a noun.
How do you pronounce Lhasa apso?
Lhasa apso is pronounced /ˈlɑːsə ˈæpsoʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of Lhasa apso?
The plural of Lhasa apso is Lhasa apsos.

Words near Lhasa apso in the dictionary

  1. LH2
  2. LHA
  3. Lhamoi Zingkha
  4. Lhanbryde
  5. Lhasa
  6. Lhasa apso
  7. Lhasa apsos
  8. Lhasa fever
  9. Lhatse
  10. lhavdil
  11. Lhaviyani

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