Shigatse

Proper noun

Shigatse

1. A prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
   • Far different in character and general disposition is the Penchen Rinpoche (or, as generally called by us, the Tashi Lama) of the great monastery of Tashi-lhunpo near Shigatse.1905, Perceval Landon, The Opening of Tibet: An Account of Lhasa and the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission Sent There by the English Government in the Year...
   • Truck convoys, carrying troops as well as supplies, have been shuttling between Shigatse and the border area, the source said.
   • "Such traffic has also been very heavy on the Shigatse-Yatung highway and the Shigatse-Gartok highway," the source added.1973 April 22, “Troops concentrate on Tibet-Sikkim border”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIV, number 15, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

   Synonyms:

   Rikaze, Jih-k'a-tse, Jih-k'o-tse