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Outer Tibet

Outer Tibet proper noun: the area of predominantly ethnic Tibetan populations that is roughly equivalent to the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Proper noun

Outer Tibet

  1. (dated) The area of predominantly ethnic Tibetan populations that is roughly equivalent to the Tibet Autonomous Region
    • The British Government never recognised that China had the right to march troops into Tibet to settle any issue between them. China’s suzerainty over Outer Tibet was only nominal.1960, Girilal Jain, “India's Failure in Tibet”, in Panchsheela and After: A Re-appraisal of Sino-Indian Relations in the Context of the Tibetan Insurrection, Asia Publishing House, →OCLC, page 46

Questions about Outer Tibet

What does Outer Tibet mean?
Outer Tibet means the area of predominantly ethnic Tibetan populations that is roughly equivalent to the Tibet Autonomous Region.
What part of speech is Outer Tibet?
Outer Tibet is a proper noun.

Words near Outer Tibet in the dictionary

  1. outer regular
  2. outer semidirect product
  3. outer semidirect products
  4. outer Solar System
  5. outer space
  6. Outer Tibet
  7. outer totalistic
  8. outer trigram
  9. outer trigrams
  10. outer-spacey
  11. outer-totalistic

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