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Qaidam

Qaidam proper noun: an arid basin of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau covered with deserts and salt flats, making up most of northwestern Qinghai Province, China.

Proper noun

Qaidam

  1. An arid basin of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau covered with deserts and salt flats, making up most of northwestern Qinghai Province, China.
    • "Under the guidance of Chairman Mao's great strategic plan 'be prepared against war, be prepared against natural disasters, and do everything for the people,' party organizations and revolutionary committees at all levels of Haihsi Mongol-Tibetan-Kazakh Autonomous District, Tsinghai Province, have...[1971 May 12 [1971 May 5], “Tsinghai Autonomous District Develops Local Industry”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 92, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking...
    • According to Qinghai's Deputy Governor, Ga Bulong, 100 million tons of oil have been verified under the salt flats of the Qaidam Basin.1984 November 23, Christopher S. Wren, “CHINA'S FORGOTTEN CORNER DREAMS OF DAYS TO COME”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section A, page 2
  2. A river in the basin.

Forms of Qaidam

alternative formTsaidam

Origin of Qaidam

A romanization of Tibetan ཚྭའི་འདམ (tshwa'i 'dam), from ཚྭ (tshwa, “salt”) + འི ('i, possessive particle) + འདམ ('dam, “marsh, swamp, morass”)

Phrases with Qaidam

Questions about Qaidam

What does Qaidam mean?
Qaidam means an arid basin of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau covered with deserts and salt flats, making up most of northwestern Qinghai Province, China.
What part of speech is Qaidam?
Qaidam is a proper noun.

Words near Qaidam in the dictionary

  1. Qahira
  2. Qahtanite
  3. Qahtanites
  4. QAI
  5. qaid
  6. Qaidam
  7. qaids
  8. qaimaqam
  9. qaimaqams
  10. QAIMNS
  11. qairaq

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