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South Tibet

South Tibet proper noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see south, Tibet. (the southern part of Tibet).

Proper noun

South Tibet

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see south, Tibet. (the southern part of Tibet)
    1. Those areas located south of the McMahon Line, which are administered as the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, and claimed by China as a part of Tibet.
      • The Sino-Indian border dispute involves about 13, 500 square miles in Ladakh and Aksai Chin and about 35,000 square miles in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China calls South Tibet.2020 June 19, Ajai Shukla, “How China and India Came to Lethal Blows”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2020, Opinion

Origin of South Tibet

Calque of Chinese 藏南 (Zàngnán).

Questions about South Tibet

What does South Tibet mean?
South Tibet means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see south, Tibet. (the southern part of Tibet).
What part of speech is South Tibet?
South Tibet is a proper noun.

Words near South Tibet in the dictionary

  1. South Tamworth
  2. South Tangerang
  3. South Tarawa
  4. south temperate zone
  5. South Thomaston
  6. South Tibet
  7. South Tottenham
  8. South Triangle
  9. South Tripura
  10. South Turramurra
  11. South Tyne

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