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Definition of Lassa

1. Noun. The sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lassa

Literary usage of Lassa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Central Asia and Tibet by Sven Anders Hedin (1903)
"But upon observing the large numbers of men who were riding about the tents, and reflecting that they came direct from lassa, I thought it on the whole more ..."

2. Chinese Central Asia: A Ride to Little Tibet by Henry Lansdell (1893)
"Journey to Khatmandu, 383.—Maharajah's unwillingness to forward letter, 385.—Interview with Nepalese Resident at lassa, 386. ..."

3. Chinese Central Asia: A Ride to Little Tibet by Henry Lansdell (1894)
"Remainder of journey as concerned with lassa; Letter to Dalai Lama,.—Interview with Tibetan trader; Entrance from Leh blocked ; Prospect of admission ..."

4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"lassa, or H'lassa, a city of Asia, and capital of Thibet, situated in a ... lassa is a place of considerable commerce, and the resort of merchants from all ..."

5. A History of the Sikhs: From the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the by Joseph Davey Cunningham (1853)
"The men of the Indian plains and southern lassa. toon in such a climate and at such a season ; some even burnt the stocks of their muskets to warm their ..."

6. Tibet, Tartary and Mongolia: Their Social and Political Condition, and the by Henry Thoby Prinsep (1851)
"The accomplices, however, were left to the Kalon magistrates of lassa, ... The missionaries reported themselves to the authorities at lassa, as Lamas of the ..."

7. Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara: In the Years 1843-1845, to Ascertain the by Joseph Wolff (1845)
"Disasters of the Seikh Army in lassa. Csoma de Koros; his Researches; publishes a Dictionary of the Thibet Language. The Surveillance over Dr. Wolff grows ..."

8. Asia by Augustus Henry Keane (1896)
"Topography: lassa. Outside of China proper, large centres of population are ... In Tibet the only real town is the capital, lassa (Lhasa)—-that is, ..."

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