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Xigazê

Xigazê is the alternative form of Shigatse.

Meaning of 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...
    Synonyms:
    Rikaze, Jih-k'a-tse, Jih-k'o-tse

Origin of Xigazê

From the Tibetan pinyin romanisation of གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ (gzhis ka rtse).

Questions about Xigazê

What is Xigazê the alternative form of?
Xigazê is the alternative form of Shigatse.

Words near Xigazê in the dictionary

  1. xiezhis
  2. Xifeng
  3. xifengite
  4. Xifu
  5. Xigang
  6. Xigazê
  7. Xigong
  8. Xigu
  9. xigua
  10. xiguas
  11. Xihe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Xigazê (page history and authors); Shigatse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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