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ngari

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Australia/ˈnjɐːɹiː/

ngari proper noun: a Meitei traditional food item made of ingredients such as fermented fish.

ngari: a Meitei traditional food item made of ingredients such as fermented fish
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Proper noun (1)

ngari

  1. A Meitei traditional food item made of ingredients such as fermented fish

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ngari

Ngari

  1. A Meitei traditional food item made of ingredients such as fermented fish

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Ngari

Ngari

  1. A prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
    • Tibet is divided into four parts; Ngari (Neri), a pretty large country, is the fourth ; it lies to the south, and borders on countries inhabited by people who are known by the names of Lataka and Gougoutsie.1827, George Timkowski, Travels of the Russian Mission through Mongolia to China in the Years 1820-1821, volume I, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, page 444
    • My first step was to contact a colleague from Hong Kong, the sexologist Li Kai-Sing, whose work in Tibet before the Communist takeover had earned him an international reputation as an authority on polyandry. He promptly contacted a Ngari herdsman name Lo Wu, who had worked with him in the past and...
    • My next step was to learn everything I could about the Ngari herdsmen's culture and social mores, so that when I finally did arrive in Tibet I'd be able to meet my subjects on what was more or less their own level. Unfortunately, the literature on Ngari culture and social mores was scant, because...1968, Troy Conway, Keep It Up, Rod!, Warner Communications, published 1973, →OCLC, page 10
    Synonyms:
    Ali

Synonyms of ngari

Origin of ngari

From Tibetan མངའ་རིས (mnga' ris).

Questions about ngari

What does ngari mean?
Ngari means a Meitei traditional food item made of ingredients such as fermented fish.
What part of speech is ngari?
Ngari is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ngari?
Ngari is pronounced /ˈnjɐːɹiː/ (Australia).

Words near ngari in the dictionary

  1. ngarara
  2. ngararas
  3. ngardu
  4. Ngaree
  5. Ngareima
  6. ngari
  7. Ngarigo
  8. Ngarinman
  9. Ngarinyin
  10. Ngarluma
  11. Ngarndji

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